Taglines: One’s a warrior. One’s a wise guy. They’re two L.A. cops going after a gang of drug lords. Feet first.
Showdown in Little Tokyo movie storyline. Detective Chris Kenner was orphaned as a child as his father was in the service and was killed and lived in Japan. Now he is on the trail of ruthless Yakuza leader named Yoshido, who helped establish a small Japanese area in Los Angeles and is now running a drug ring disguised as a brewery. However, Kenner must team up with a Japanese-American detective named Johnny Murata, and he also must protect a witness named Minako who would testify against Yoshido. But what Kenner will soon discover that he will be in a lot more than what he bargained for.
Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 American buddy cop-action film directed by Mark L. Lester, and starring Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Toshishiro Obata, Philip Tan, Rodney Kageyama, Ernie Lively and Renee Allman. This was Brandon Lee’s first American film role. The film was released in the United States on August 23, 1991.
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Toshishiro Obata, Philip Tan, Rodney Kageyama, Ernie Lively, Renee Allman
Screenplay by: Stephen Glantz, Caliope Brattlestreet
Production Design by: Craig Stearns
Cinematography by: Mark Irwin
Film Editing by: Michael Eliot, Robert A. Ferretti, Steven Kemper, Stuart Baird
Costume Design by: Robyn Williams
Set Decoration by: Ellen Totleben
Art Direction by: Bill Rea
Music by: David Michael Frank
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, and for language, sensuality and drug use.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: August 23, 1991
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