

A Tokyo cop is sent to Los Angeles to help an LAPD detective break up a yakuza ring operating in the city.
Practical Effects
Fake blood budget clearly exceeded acting budget.
Direction
Lommel's signature 'point camera at things' technique.

Director
Ulli Lommel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Ulli Lommel was a former Fassbinder collaborator who pivoted to exploitation films. This was his 'yakuza phase.'
The film hilariously conflates Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cultural elements because 1987 direct-to-video didn't do research.