Showdown in Little Tokyo

Movie

1991

1h 19m

English

Action, Comedy, Crime

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Showdown in Little Tokyo

Movie

1991

1h 19m

English

Action, Comedy, Crime

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An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.

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Cast

Sgt. Chris Kenner

Johnny Murata

Funekei Yoshida

Minako Okeya

Tanaka

Eddie

Detective Nelson

Angel Mueller

Muto

Mama Yamaguchi

Ito

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Nonnie Russell - Coroner

Hagata, the Torturer

Sato

Kickboxer #1

Kickboxer #2

Mr. Kenner

Hell's Angel #1

Hell's Angel #2

Asian Cop #1

Asian Cop #2

Rachen Assapiomonwait

Bath House Attendant

Ryan Ryusaki

Son at Parade with Mama Yamaguchi

Jeff Ramsey

Samurai Horseman

Phil Chong

Samurai Horseman

Directed By: Mark L. Lester

Written By: Stephen Glantz, Caliope Brattlestreet

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Buck Flower Sings says...

4 years ago

These 2 make a terrible buddy cop duo, but the entertainment value of this is so over the top and fun it's easy to set aside the negative! Guns, explosions, a relentlessly somehow unstoppable Asian gang, endless one liners (again here, Lee is an awful actor, look past it), Tia Carrere, nude sushi, the list goes on. Make this your next choice!

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NotoriousX says...

6 years ago

A lot of early 90s excessive violence, and some nude Tia Carrere. What's not to like. Showdown in Little Tokyo is not much when it comes to story. It turns on the action immediately and stays like that throughout. The dialogue is extremely stupid (borderline cringy in places) and the acting is not much better. The wardrobe is also interesting, but it IS a movie from the early 90s, so I can hardly hold that against it. With all this, one would think this movie is a trainwreck, but no...Showdown in Little Tokyo is a surprisingly watchable action flick. At least for those of us that grew up on these movies back then. Does this mean you should search this one out?!? Nah...catch it on late night TV instead.

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j13u11fr09 says...

6 years ago

Typical late 80's early 90's buddy cop action movie mixing in karate and the Yakuza. This movie is squarely in the "so bad it's funny" camp. The other guys LOVED this one, I just didn't really care for it. We did laugh a lot. Dolph Lundgren had some crazy ridiculous outfits and Brandon Lee has some lines that are so awful I felt bad for him... Also had Tia Carrere pre-Wayne's World and Al Leong as... another henchman (really want to see the documentary on Al, aptly titled "Henchman"). For a movie with both Dolph and Brandon Lee though, I thought the fight scenes were surprisingly mediocre.

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jekyl6669 says...

7 years ago

Soo ridiculous and over-the-top, but it's still classic action fun. Two best parts for me are Lundgren just causal flipping a car on its side for protection from gunfire. And Lee's line to him later on "you have biggest dick I've ever seen on a man". Do action movie one liners get any better than this?!

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GenerationofSwine

2 years ago

Yeeeeeahhhhh, this is a really horrible movie. I will not deny that.

But, it's a still a really fun action movie. I mean, it is one of those cheap as hell action movies that studios used to make to pay for more expensive Oscar bait, and you never expect that much walking into them.

The low exp More

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John Chard

6 years ago

We've got a problem here. There are more bad guys than we've got bullets.

It's a buddy buddy action movie, one that feels more 80s than 90s, with that it has all the pluses and minuses that comes with such genre staples. Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee pair up to take on The Yakuza, Dolph has a ve More

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