Into the Sun (film)
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| Into The Sun | |
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| Directed by | mink |
| Produced by | Frank Hildebrand Tracee Stanley-Newell |
| Written by | Steven Seagal Joe Halpin Trevor Miller |
| Starring | Steven Seagal Matthew Davis |
| Music by | Stanley Clarke |
| Cinematography | Don E. FauntLeRoy |
| Editing by | Michael J. Duthie |
| Distributed by | Screen Gems |
| Release date(s) |  Feb 15, 2005 |
| Running time | 97 min |
| Country | USA / Japan |
| Language | English / Japanese |
| Budget | $16,000,000 USD |
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| IMDb profile | |
Into the Sun is a 2005 action film modeled after the American yakuza films The Yakuza and Black Rain. It stars martial artist/actor Steven Seagal. Originally conceived as a remake of Sydney Pollack's The Yakuza, Warner Bros. wouldn't release the rights to the story and the film was consequently reworked into Into the Sun.
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[edit] Synopsis
- Tagline: "Only one man can stop the yakuza"
When the governor of Tokyo is murdered, the CIA taps their local operative, Travis Hunter, to look into it. Hunter discovers a web of corruption and violence that leads to an ambitious young yakuza boss attempting to move up through the ranks with the help of the Chinese triads. Hunter must use all of his contacts and abilities to defuse this potentially dangerous situation.
[edit] Production
Seagal reportedly put up much of his own money to finance this film as an homage to the Japan of his youth, and included a scene through a Shinjuku back alley he routinely walked through going from his then 4 tatami apartment to the dojo he was training at and features many locally popular Asian actors such as Akira Terao, Takao Osawa and Ken Lo. Portions of the soundtrack were performed and recorded by Seagal, and released on his 2005 album Songs from the Crystal Cave.
Segal hoped to showcase his Japanese linguistic abilities and many of the scenes were shot in Japanese. However, the scenes were later dubbed in English due to the studio's belief that American audiences would not be able to follow the dialog.
[edit] Cast
- Steven Seagal .... Travis Hunter
- Matthew Davis .... Sean
- Takao Osawa .... Kuroda
- Eddie George .... Jones
- William Atherton .... Agent Block
- Juliette Marquis .... Jewel
- Ken Lo .... Chen
- Kosuke Toyohara .... Fudomyo-o
- Akira Terao .... Matsuda
- Eve Masatoh .... Kojima
- Pace Wu .... Mai Ling
- Chiaki Kuriyama .... Ayako
- Kanako Yamaguchi .... Nayako
- Namihiko Ohmura .... Takeshi
- Daisuke Honda .... Kawamura
- Roy Oguri .... Kenji
- Sokyu Fujita .... Investigator Maeda
- Vikrom Suebsaeng .... Chang Choudong
- Tim Yan .... General
- Shôji Oki .... Ishikawa
- Mac Yasuda .... Governor of Tokyo
- Kairi Narita .... Young Yakuza
- Ginji Yoshikawa .... Yakuza Ceremony Master
- Joe Sagal .... Tech #1
- Hatake .... Sword Buyer
- Korokke .... Club MC
[edit] External links
- Into the Sun at the Internet Movie Database
- (Japanese) Into the Sun at Sony Pictures Japan
- Beyond Hollywood review
