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23 July 1982 (USA)
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He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for the moment of truth!
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A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Scott Glenn | ... | Rick |
 | Toshirô Mifune | ... | Toru Yoshida |
| Donna Kei Benz | ... | Akiko Yoshida, Toru's daughter |
| Atsuo Nakamura | ... | Hideo Yoshida, Toru's brother |
| Calvin Jung | ... | Ando |
 | Clyde Kusatsu | ... | Go |
| Sab Shimono | ... | Toshio Yoshida, Toru's son |
| Kiyoako Nagai | ... | Kubo |
| Kenta Fukasaku | ... | Jiro |
| Shogo Shimada | ... | Toru Yoshida's Father (as Shoga Shimada) |
| Yoshio Inaba | ... | Instructor |
| Seiji Miyaguchi | ... | Old Man |
| Miiko Taka | ... | Toru Yoshida's Wife |
| Akio Kameda | ... | Boxer |
| Hisashi Osaka | ... | Knifeman |
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113 min | USA:108 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Iceland:L |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-18 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Norway:(Banned) (1982-2003) (cinema release)
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Revealing mistakes: After Akiko disappears at the street festival, Rick runs into a guy with a walkie-talkie. As they're talking, people passing in the background look at the camera, duck, and run out of frame.
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Geez, I kinda like this one. It's an interesting look at Japanese culture from an outsider's viewpoint (compare it to The Hunted, with Christopher Lambert and Joan Chen). It makes good use of the same hotel as the one used for the Tyrell Corporation in Blade Runner, and the office/swordfight at the end is a hoot as Scott Glenn turns mere office equipment into deadly kung fu weaponry! Glenn's always worth seeing, even in this, one of his earlier works.