The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1989
Black Rain
Directed by
Ridley Scott
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
The story
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Cast
Michael DouglasNick Conklin
Andy GarciaCharlie Vincent
Ken TakakuraMasahiro
Kate CapshawJoyce
Yūsaku MatsudaSato
Shigeru KōyamaOhashi
John SpencerOliver
Yuya UchidaNashida
Guts IshimatsuKatayama
Tomisaburō WakayamaSugai
Miyuki OnoMiyuki
Luis GuzmánFrankie
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John CostelloeThe Kid
Stephen RootBerg
Richard RiehleCrown
Bruce KatzmanYudell
Tim KelleherBobby
Edmund IkedaJapanese Businessman
Tomo NagasueJapanese Translator
Clem CasertaAbolofia
George KyleFarentino
Vondie Curtis-HallDetective
Joe PerceDetective
Louis CantariniDetective
Doug YasudaJapanese / American Translator
Toshio SatoJapanese Embassy Official
Jun KunimuraYashimoto
Roy K. OgataSato's Man
Shirô OishiSato's Man
Professor Toru TanakaSugai's Man
Rikiya YasuokaSugai's Man
Jôji ShimakiSugai's Man
Gorō SasaOhashi's Man
Taro IbukiOhashi's Man
Daisuke AwajiOhashi's Man
Keone YoungKaraoke Singer
Jim IshidaEscort Officer
Shōtarō HayashiMediator
Toshishiro ObataMediator
Michiko TsujimaNoodle Woman
Linda GillenPeggy
John GotayDanny
Matthew PoracPatrick
Ken KenseiMasahiro's Son
Josip ElicJoe, the Bartender
Mitchell BahrFriend
Ken EnomotoDetective
Nathan JungSato's Yakuza Enforcer
Al LeongSato's Yakuza Assassin
Bruce LockeSato's Man
Chris Nelson NorrisMotorcyclist
Dennis Y. TakedaNewspaper Reporter
Celia XavierNori, Bar Hostess
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