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Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991
· Movie
· 79 min
D
MEANRANK
59/100
Every rating
51–71
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 51, highest is Kinopoisk on 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Mark L. Lester
- Writers
- Caliope Brattlestreet, Stephen Glantz
- Released
- 23 August 1991
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Box office
- $2.3M
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