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Cast

Sean Connery
as John Connor

Wesley Snipes
as Web Smith

Harvey Keitel
as Tom Graham

Kevin Anderson
as Bob Richmond

Mako
as Yoshida-san

Ray Wise
as Sen. John Morton

Stan Egi
as Ishihara

Stan Shaw
as Phillips

Tia Carrere
as Jingo Asakuma

Steve Buscemi
as Willy `The Weasel' Wilhelm

Tatjana Patitz
as Cheryl Lynn Austin

Peter Crombie
as Greg

Sam Lloyd
as Rick

Donna Isaacson

Alexandra Powers
as Julia

Daniel von Bargen
as Chief Olson/Interrogator

Lauren Robinson
as Zelly

Amy Hill
as Hsieh

Tom Dahlgren
as Jim Donaldson

Clyde Kusatsu
as Tanaka

Michael Chapman
as Fred Hoffman

Joey Miyashima
as Young Japanese Negotiator

Nelson Mashita
as Young Japanese Negotiator

Tony Ganios
as Doorman Guard

Toshishiro Obata
as Guard at Imperial Arms

Shelley Michelle
as Blonde

Jeff Imada
as Eddie Sakamura's Yakuza

Max Kirishima
as Eddie Sakamura's Yakuza

Scot Anthony Robinson
as First Brother

Keith Hickles
as Another Brother

Carl A. McGee
as Guy at Window

Max Grodénchik
as Club Manager

Jessica Tuck
as Senator Morton's Aide

Michael Leopard
as Cop

Tak Kubota
as Nakamoto Yukuza

Fumio Demura
as Nakamoto Yakuza

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
as Eddie Sakamura

Tadashi Yamashita
as Nakamoto Yakuza

Dan Butler
as Ken Shubik

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• Dec 11, 2011

  Entertaining. A whodunit that keeps you on your toes by sending the viewer down wrong paths as you try to determine who the killer is. Sean Connery usually does a great job acting, and this movie is no exception.
  Red L Super Reviewer
• Jul 13, 2011

  the clash of cultures was fun to watch. the book was much more interesting but it was fun to watch these characters walking around. it works in certain cases but overall its a bit of a miss
  Brendan N Super Reviewer
• Apr 22, 2011

  A film that could have been so much more. Uneven pacing, and a plot that at first appears interesting and intelligent, yet eventually becomes asinine and ambiguous. Still, Snipes and Connery have surprisingly good chemistry, and it features one of the most underrated character actors of all time, Harvey Keitel. Overall the film is a bit of a mess, sometimes appearing worthwhile, and other times too confused and meandering.
  Jeffrey M Super Reviewer
• Jan 09, 2011

  An awful, misguided mess of a movie. Every actor seems out of place, every line of dialogue contrived, every shlock moment of gratuitous sex or violence obviously engineered to evoke a reaction, which it does not. It has been said that this adaptation removes the anti-Japanese bias of the book, but in trying to soften the blow the filmmakers have tripped themselves up and are left with something that is still wholly offensive and startlingly obtuse in its ignorance. It seems that director Philip Kaufman had a film camera in one hand and a checklist of stereotypes in the other. There are no genuine moments of action or thrills in this plodding, so-called "action-thriller", and the high-tech element of photography forensics now seems awfully dated. This was a time when Wesley Snipes was a viable action star, but he spends the whole movie in dazed disbelief. When even Sean Connery visibly gives up on the project, one knows he is in deep trouble.
  

  Jedd Y Super Reviewer

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