Into the Sun (2005)

Director:

mink

Writers (WGA):

Steven Seagal (story) &
Joe Halpin (story) ...

Release Date:

20 May 2005 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Only one man can stop the Yakuza.

Plot:

When a government official is killed, an American operative with experience in the Yakuza culture is brought into investigate.

Plot Keywords:

Yakuza | CIA | FBI | Japanese Mafia | Sword

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Dec. 2

8:00 AM

USA

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	Travis Hunter
Matthew Davis	...	Sean Mack
Takao Ôsawa	...	Kuroda
Eddie George	...	Jones
William Atherton	...	Agent Block
Juliette Marquis	...	Jewel
Ken Lo	...	Chen (as Ken Low)
Kosuke Toyohara	...	Fudomyo-o
Akira Terao	...	Matsuda
Eve Masatoh	...	Kojima (as Masatoh Eve)
Pace Wu	...	Mai Ling
Chiaki Kuriyama	...	Ayako
Kanako Yamaguchi	...	Nayako
Namihiko Ômura	...	Takeshi
Daisuke Honda	...	Kawamura

Also Known As:

Yakuza (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality and nudity.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:18 | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R (certificate #41247) | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Japan:R-15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Aries

Trivia:

The street market fight was shot in the area where Steven Seagal grew up studying martial arts. He would walk by the shopping area shown on a daily basis.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mai Ling kills Kuroda's henchman who's wearing sunglasses, he apparently loses his shades for two shots but is seen wearing them in the next.

Quotes:

Travis Hunter: I'm going right through the front door!

Movie Connections:

References Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Soundtrack:

War

Same Steven. Same plot.. Less quality.

It's the billion dollar formula, the cop on his last investigation, loses his new bride to bad guys and swears revenge. You hope there's something new, in the flair, the setting, or maybe the bad guys. Not in this movie. The grouchy FBI boss was toothless, the rookie recruit wasn't likable and the wife didn't even get to struggle.

The bad guys weren't believable or scary, and neither was the violence. Steven has slowed down a step or two, looks more like David Carradine. Maybe they expected Steven's competent Japanese to give him character. The violence was cheap, very cheap. No one dies in any exciting way. The blood is so terribly fake. A movie about Yakuza and made by Yakuza Productions Inc.