Showdown in Little Tokyo
Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 American buddy cop action film directed by Mark L. Lester, who also produced with Martin E. Caan. The film stars Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee; it was the latter's first American film role. The film was released in the United States on August 23, 1991. Showdown in Little Tokyo was Dolph Lundgren's last Warner Bros Pictures film until 2018's Creed II.
Plot
Los Angeles cop Chris Kenner (Dolph Lundgren) is an American who was raised in Japan. He is given a new partner, Johnny Murata (Brandon Lee), an American of partial Japanese descent. Kenner does not appreciate American culture, while Johnny does not like Japanese culture much. One thing they both enjoy are the martial arts, in which they are both experts. The two are assigned to L.A.'s Little Tokyo, where they break up some criminal activity in a Japanese restaurant, and an arrest is made. While Kenner and Johnny are questioning the suspect, Kenner notices that he has tattoos of the Iron Claw Yakuza clan. This reminds him of when he was 9 years old and he witnessed his parents being killed by a member of the Yakuza. Before Kenner or Murata can interrogate the suspect further, he kills himself in the interrogation room by breaking his own neck.
More details
author | Stephen Glantz |
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contentLocation | Little Tokyo Long Beach Los Angeles |
director | Mark L. Lester |
editor | Robert A. Ferretti Steven Kemper |
genre | action |
keywords | ambush american american culture behead break brewery capture crips death duel hells angels high speed japan japanese culture japanese descent kidnap kill methamphetamine nightclub party question rape restaurant spin sureños united states wound |
musicBy | David Michael Frank |
producer | Mark L. Lester Martin E. Caan |
publisher | Warner Bros. |
recordedAt | Long Beach Los Angeles |
theme | buddy cop martial arts police procedural rape and revenge yakuza |