Blue Tiger (1994)

Director:

Norberto Barba

Writers (WGA):

Takashige Ichise (story)
Joel Soisson (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 April 1994 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

What she just saw could kill her.

Plot:

A woman dedicates her life to seeking revenge after her son is killed by crossfire as Japanese gangsters perform a hit.

Plot Keywords:

Japanese | Gang | Revenge | Mafia | Tattoo

Cast

Virginia Madsen	...	Gina Hayes
Tôru Nakamura	...	Seiji
Dean Hallo	...	Henry Soames
Ryo Ishibashi	...	Gan
Sal Lopez	...	Luis
Yuji Okumoto	...	Lieutenant Sakagami
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Smith
Brenda Varda	...	Emily
François Chau	...	Soya
Henry Mortensen	...	Darin Hayes
Claudia Templeton	...	Nun
Toshirô Obata	...	Kunimatsu
John Hammil	...	Pharmacist
Chris DeRose	...	Detective
Thomas 'Doc' Boguski	...	Coroner
Chery Frey	...	Sherry
Dan Bradley	...	Turk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Madsen	...	Gun salesman (cameo) (uncredited)

Directed by
Norberto Barba

Writing credits (WGA)
Takashige Ichise		(story) (as Taka Ichise)
Joel Soisson		(screenplay)

Produced by
W.K. Border	....	executive producer
Takashige Ichise	....	executive producer (as Taka Ichise)
Aki Komine	....	producer
Mitsuru Kurosawa	....	planner
Michael Leahy	....	producer
Alicia E. Oleszczuk	....	associate producer
Don Phillips	....	co-producer
Joel Soisson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David C. Williams

Cinematography by
Christopher Walling

Film Editing by
Caroline Ross

Casting by
Don Phillips

Production Design by
Markus Canter

Art Direction by
Anthony R. Stabley

Costume Design by
Kathryn Shemanek

Makeup Department
Lisa Buono	....	key hair stylist
Lisa Buono	....	key makeup artist
Shauna Giesbrecht	....	additional makeup artist
Silvina Knight	....	assistant hair stylist (as Silvi Labrador)
Silvina Knight	....	assistant makeup artist (as Silvi Labrador)
Rose Librizzi	....	hair stylist: Ms. Madsen
Rose Librizzi	....	makeup artist: Ms. Madsen

Production Management
Raquel Caballes Maxwell	....	post-production supervisor
JoAnn Perritano	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Cedar	....	first assistant director
Mark S. Constance	....	second assistant director
Lincoln Lageson	....	second second assistant director
Louis Shaw Milito	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
Eric J. Bates	....	property master
Chris Brewster	....	leadman
Peter Carnahan	....	property master
Nan Dowling	....	art department assistant
Bryan Felty	....	assistant art director
Jeffery Fisher	....	assistant property master
Philip Fracassi	....	on-set dresser
Ryan Wilson	....	set dresser

Sound Department
John L. Anderson	....	sound re-recordist
Greg Back	....	sound editor
Donna Beltz	....	sound editor
David Bondelevitch	....	adr mixer
David Bondelevitch	....	sound mixer
Eddie Gilroy	....	sound re-recordist
Bryan Gladstone	....	foley mixer
Larry Goeb	....	sound editor
George R. Groves Jr.	....	sound re-recordist
Jeremy Hoenack	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Payne	....	sound editor
Larry Scharf	....	production sound mixer
Barnaby Shepherd	....	boom operator
Debbie Starkman	....	foley artist
Sabrina Stephenson	....	sound editor
Gretchen Thoma	....	foley artist
Thomas White	....	adr mixer
Joseph Zappala	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Stephen DeLollis	....	special effects assistant
Bruce Mattox	....	special effects assistant
Anthony R. Stabley	....	miniature designer
Anthony R. Stabley	....	miniatures

Stunts
Cedric Adams	....	stunts
Dan Bradley	....	stunt coordinator
Ben Bray	....	stunts
Darryl Chan	....	stunts
Doug Coleman	....	stunts
Scott Alan Cook	....	stunts
Alex Desire	....	stunts
Richard L. Duran	....	stunts
John Escobar	....	stunts
Dane Farwell	....	stunts
Steven Ito	....	stunts
Dan Koji	....	stunts
James Lew	....	stunts
Frank Lloyd	....	stunts
Ray Lykins	....	stunts
Yuji Nouzaki	....	stunts
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts
Scott Rogers	....	stunts
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts
Ronald C. Ross	....	stunts
Bill M. Ryusaki	....	stunts
Kimberly L. Ryusaki	....	stunts (as Kim Ryusaki)
Bill Saito	....	stunts
Keith Tellez	....	stunts
Cris Thomas-Hice	....	stunts
Tim Werner	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Keith Barefoot	....	gaffer
Chris Culliton	....	electrician
David Driver	....	grip
Blake T. Evans	....	director of photography: second unit
Kenn Ferro	....	Steadicam operator
Marianne Franco	....	electrician
Sean T. Hannan	....	grip
Greg Hewett	....	key grip
Laurence Manly	....	second assistant camera
Richard Maxey	....	dolly grip
Nicholas K. Nicholsky III	....	best boy grip
Jason Rothkowitz	....	camera loader
Mike Saad	....	camera loader
Miguel Sánchez	....	electrician
Paul Schmidt	....	second assistant camera: second unit
David W. Slodki	....	electrician
David Taylor	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Etienne Terblanche	....	first assistant camera
Chris Trillo	....	best boy electric

Casting Department
Lisa Bankert	....	casting associate
Mary Santiago	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
June Czerwinski	....	costumer: second unit
Scott R. Hankins	....	costume supervisor
Judi Jensen	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Ray Morfino	....	color timer
Ian Slater	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Michael Bacon	....	special tattoo effects
Steven Belgard	....	unit publicist
Thomas 'Doc' Boguski	....	production coordinator
Adam Cook	....	production assistant: second unit
Nan Garcia-Wood	....	script supervisor
Martin Kitrosser	....	script supervisor
Tatsuya Kunimatsu	....	production consultant
Edward Mazurek	....	location manager (as Edward 'O.J.' Mazurek)
Michael Paolillo	....	assistant location manager
Nick Tetsuya Sakagami	....	production associate
Ron Schmidt	....	assistant production coordinator
Kimberly Weeks	....	script supervisor: second unit and additional photography

Production Companies

• First Look International
• NEO Motion Pictures
• Ozla Productions

Distributors

• Alpha Media (2007) (China) (video) (VOD/IPTV)
• Aquarius TV (2001) (Greece) (TV)
• Cine Plus Home Entertainment (199?) (Germany) (VHS)
• Finnkino (1995) (Finland) (VHS)
• First Look International (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Overseas FilmGroup
• RCV Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• marketing-film (199?) (Germany) (VHS)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Germany:18 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | UK:18 (video rating) | USA:R | Iceland:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

First Look International

Trivia:

Cameo: [Michael Madsen]a gun salesman. Madsen is the brother of star Virginia Madsen.

Quotes:

Henry Soames: I want you to crush the Yakuza. I want you to hit 'em and I want you to hit 'em hard.

Movie Connections:

References Carlito's Way (1993)

Another In A Long Line Of 'Revenge Flicks,' But Not Bad

Revenge turns nice "Gina Hayes" (Virginia Madsen) into a cold-blooded killer. In a nutshell, her son is accidentally shot. Some scumbag was aiming for another crook in a mob shootout, missed, and killed Gina's young son instead. Gina only remembers seeing a red tiger tattoo on the guy's chest. Her plan is to find this guy so she has sex with a number of them with the sole purpose of seeing if they have this tattoo.

Madsen looks very hot in here but the best parts are the action scenes. Overall, it was good but so much like so many other revenge films that it got lost in the shuffle among the many of the movie of this genre in the '70s-'90s.

It's still worth a look, and now that it's out on DVD I wouldn't mind seeing it again because Director Noberta Barba put some style into this film.