American Yakuza (1993)
Na América eles a chamam de Máfia... No Japão eles a chamam de Yakuza... e quando elas se encontram, eles chamam de guerra!
Gênero : Crime
Runtime : 1H 36M
Director : Frank A. Cappello
Escritor : John Allen Nelson
Sinopse
Nick Davis é um agente secreto do FBI que tenta se infiltrar na Yakuza, a implacável máfia japonesa. Dentro da organização, Nick passa a cuidar da negociação de armas pesadas, mas logo terá que revelar sua verdadeira identidade.
Huang Fei-Hung, the now famous Chinese boxer, teaches his martial arts at Pao Chih Lin Institute, in Canton. Gordon, a European businessman, who deals in import export is looking for a good security guard for his Jade collection.. So ensues a martial arts tournament to decide who get's the job.
Este filme mostra o oficial da lei Wan Chao-fan e seu pai sendo acusados de um roubo que não cometeram. Com apenas a espada de seu pai no local e o homem longe de ser encontrado, a retribuição é dirigida a Chao-fan, que foge para descobrir quem realmente roubou as joias para que possa se vingar e limpar o nome da família Wan.
Yueh Hua stars as an assassin who flees after killing a hated prime minister, with Lo Lieh as the relentless imperial guard who pursues him to a remote village being terrorized by bandits. When Yueh takes over the identity of a county officer newly assigned to the village, his ruse is assisted by a pretty innkeeper's daughter (Li Ching) who insists to Lieh that Yueh is indeed the county officer and happens also to be the cousin who was betrothed to her as a child. The confused innkeeper is persuaded by his daughter to support the ruse, thus delaying Lieh's efforts to arrest the wanted man.
Interessado na arte do Tai Chi, Yang viaja ate o vilarejo Chen, onde encontra-se os maiores mestre em lutas marciais, Em principio, a reação a sua chegada e negativa, porque os estrangeiros não tem permissão de receber aulas em Chen, ms quando um homem poderoso chega ao local e decide construir uma autoestrada atravessando o vilarejo, o talento Yang torna-se a maior esperança dos habitantes para defendê-los
A group of terrorists, led by a Brit and a psycho (in a great performance by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper) take control of the Hoover Dam and demand $25 million or they will kill civilians and dam workers they have taken hostage. But the terrorists didn't count on Sheriff Jacob Harper, (Don "The Dragon" Wilson), an ex-Army Ranger whose father is one of the hostages. But after the FBI takes over the the crisis, and relieves him of his duties, he must take on the terrorists by himself and save his father and any hostages that are still alive.
A família de mafiosos Sanno se transformou numa enorme organização, expandiu seu poder para a política e legitimou seus negócios. Os escalões superiores da Sanno agora são dominados por jovens executivos, e os membros da velha-guarda estão ressentidos por terem sido empurrados para a margem. Enquanto isso, o detetive Kataoka prepara junto à polícia uma repressão em larga escala. Cheio de truques sujos, ele investiga conflitos entre os Sanno e seus aliados de longa data, Os Hanabishi, na esperança que eles, por fim, destruam uns aos outros. É impossível saber quem vencerá essa luta feroz pelo poder.
Federal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this high-tech facility, the maniacal leader Warbeck is training assassins to become even more efficient killing machines using virtual reality. Penetrating the organization as a new recruit, Justin finds Eric, and together with the idealistic Vicki must bring down Warbeck before he succeeds with his deadly plans
Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.
Sewage workers Jack and Charlie get involved in an international Asian gang war when Jack helps the boss of a Shanghai gang against one of his rebellious underlings. This underling then strikes a deal with the Japanese Yakuza in the hopes of toppling his boss and become the leader of Shanghai himself. When the Yakuza assassinate the Shanghai boss, Jack pledges to avenge his new friend's death. As he seeks out those ultimately responsible, he does battle with a variety of ninjas and mercenaries from around the world.
The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, another son, takes the car out and damages the car door.
Wily ace thief Trinity steals the dragon ball from Shaolin Temple. The dragon ball gets misplaced. Trinity joins forces with gruff, determined Interpol agent Bambino, formidable karate master Meng Ray, and feisty tour guide Wen Ling to retrieve the dragon ball before it falls into the hands of the wicked Paschy.
In early Republican China, rumors were going around about the treasure in Wudang Mountain. An American conspirator took his well-trained kung fu daughter to Wudang by sponsoring a Taoist martial arts competition, to steal the treasure. Out of expectation, a disciple represented Wudang to compete with other martial arts masters for the championship. During the competition, resentment incurred against different parties, the relationship became complicated, a Korean female Tai Chi descendant fell in love with the American conspirator and the secret of the treasure had been revealed. The treasure is the key of the magnetic field of Wudang, if it's stolen, Wudang would be devastated. To protect Wudang, a group of young heroes rallied around to defeat grant masters. It's the time the long-lost Wudang martial arts returned
Sensing a rebellion is brewing in the small town of Lung Wei Village, the Manchu warlords command the village magistrate to hunt down the rebels. He hires four warriors, all of them expert martial artists, to stop the rebellion. The stakes are high: If they don't succeed, the rebels may change the course of Chinese history.
Hyung-do (So Ji-sub) veste terno e gravata como qualquer funcionário de escritório comum... Exceto pelo fato de que sua verdadeira profissão é assassino profissional. Ele é um atirador, leal ao seu empregador, e reconhecido como o melhor em seu negócio. Mas um dia, para a surpresa de seus colegas e de seus inimigos, ele resolve largar o trabalho sujo por uma mulher (Lee Mi-yeon). Visto como traidor, Hyung-do passa a ser caçado por seus ex-patrões. Será ele capaz de escapar com vida, quanto mais com o seu amor?
Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. Ending up facing Hsia (Eddie Ko) of the notorious Jade Brotherhood is inevitable. As a result, Hsia forces Chi's martial arts master to expel him. Masterless and working for a fish vendor, Chi meets a crafty kid (Yat Lung Wong), whose uncle Chow Tung (Chin Yuet Sang) is a master of the Insane Mantis style. The Jade Brotherhood aims for control of the small town but Chi is training with a new Master and will not accept bullies in the neighbourhood.
A secret mission with the code name Project Daredevil is planned by the notorious Black Ninja Gang.
During China's 1920s Republican Period, warlords carve out personal fiefdoms across the country and impose self-serving laws with the barrel of a gun. Into this anarchy rides a masked feminine Zorro, nom de guerre Violet, to do battle, right wrongs and foment rebellion against the most corrupt and brutal warlord of all, Tung Ta-Chou. Unbeknownst to Tung, however, Violet is his own daughter. Tung orders his psycho enforcer Master Wu to track down and dispose of this pesky rebel queen. Meanwhile, Violet begins a flirtation with an attractive stranger who comes to town with the other half of a treasure map held by Tung. Ultimately, Master Wu betrays the warlord on the lure of the complete treasure map, enabling Violet and the stranger to apprehend Master Wu and beat the warlord at his own game.
Captain Lu is the respected head of security of a village, but his wealthy boss runs the town, and is corrupt, while the boss's son is a dissolute skirt-chaser. Pai Yu Ching, the Southern Fist, swaggers into town, and clashes with Captain Lu, which earns him an offer to work for the town boss. However, nearly everyone in the town is something other than what they seem. Lu has a shameful secret in his past, which motivates Miss Li to ask Pai to kill him. The town boss is minting counterfeit coins, and someone is trying to gather the evidence of this. Events bring Lu and Pai onto the same side, which is fortunate, because the town boss brings in Mr Lung, a fearsome martial arts genius, to kill off all his enemies.
Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia.
The gangster Tony Aniante in the middle of a feud between two mafia families. He manipulates both families into believing he is on their side and are just waiting for the right moment to take the initiative...