Into the Sun (2005 film)
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| Directed by | Christopher Morrison |
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| Music by | Stanley Clarke |
| Cinematography | Don E. Fauntleroy |
| Edited by | Michael J. Duthie |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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| Language | English Japanese |
| Box office | $175,563 |
Into the Sun is a 2005 American-Japanese action film directed by Christopher Morrison and starring Steven Seagal. The original script, written by Trevor Miller, was very similar to Sydney Pollack's The Yakuza. Joe Halpin, a former undercover narcotics detective, rewrote the script with Seagal to avoid making it a costly remake. Set in Japan, Seagal plays a CIA operative who takes down Yakuza gangsters. It was theatrically released in Japan but went direct-to-DVD in the United States.
The assassination of Tokyo governor Takayama causes a stir of public outrage in Tokyo, Japan. Upon hearing the news of the incident, the FBI asks the CIA's Tokyo office to investigate the killing, believing it to be linked to the Yakuza, a dangerous Japanese mafia. Retired CIA agent Travis Hunter and rookie FBI agent Sean Mac are assigned to work on the case and to track down the perpetrators. The Japanese branch of the CIA starts sniffing around under the auspices of the United States Department of Homeland Security. During work, Mac proves to be more of a distraction, not really knowledgeable about procedures or Japanese customs. Hunter was raised in Japan, and has a strong understanding of the Yakuza and their mysterious, eccentric, and sinister ways.
Hunter and Mac discover a plan by Kuroda, the new boss of a new Yakuza outfit, to build an enormous drug-dealing network with a Chinese Tong outfit leader named Chen. Kuroda is killing everyone who gets in his way, and it is revealed that Kuroda masterminded the governor's assassination. Hunter turns for help to Kojima, the second-in-command of an old school Yakuza outfit run by elderly Oyabun Ishikawa. Hunter has been told that Kojima is the only Yakuza player who is capable of defeating Kuroda. Hunter visits Kojima, who says that now that the new Yakuza are joining forces with the Tongs, they are becoming too powerful. Kojima tells Hunter that he would love nothing more than to permanently get rid of Kuroda.
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