A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.
Acting
Gary Oldman fully commits to paycheck villainy. Respect.
Production
Tokyo locations give cheap thriller unexpected visual texture.
Director
Max Mannix
Kippei Shiina
John Rain
Gary Oldman
Holtzer
Misa Shimizu
Yuko
Dirk Hunter
Thomas Perryman
Akira Emoto
Tatsu Ishikura
Shigemitsu Ogi
Osada
Toshiyuki Kitami
Tanaka
Takeshi Wakamatsu
Benny Watanabe
Takeo Nakahara
Yasuhiro Kawamura
Akira Hamada
Yamamoto
Ryosei Tayama
Matsumoto (as Ryosei Tayama)
Kyoko Hasegawa
Midori Kawamura
Yuko Miyamoto
Naoko Kawamura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Barry Eisler's bestselling novel series; Eisler was a CIA analyst and lawyer in Tokyo, lending unlikely authenticity to this low-budget adaptation.
This Japan-US co-production barely released theatrically anywhere and vanished until Oldman's Batman fame resurrected it in discount bins.
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