Into the Sun (2005)

When a government official is killed, an American operative with experience in the Yakuza culture is brought in to investigate.

Director:

mink

Writers:

Steven Seagal (story), Joe Halpin (story)

Stars:

Steven Seagal, Takao Ohsawa, Juliette Marquis

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steven Seagal	...	Travis Hunter
Matthew Davis	...	FBI Agent Sean Mack
Takao Ohsawa	...	Kuroda
Eddie George	...	Jones
William Atherton	...	CIA Agent Block
Juliette Marquis	...	Jewel
Ken Lo	...	Chen (as Ken Low)
Kosuke Toyohara	...	Fudomyo-o
Akira Terao	...	Matsuda
Eve Masatoh	...	Kojima (as Masatoh Eve)
Pace Wu	...	Mai Ling
Chiaki Kuriyama	...	Ayako
Kanako Yamaguchi	...	Nayako
Namihiko Ômura	...	Takeshi
Daisuke Honda	...	Kawamura

Storyline

When the governor of Tokyo is killed in his campaign for election, the former CIA agent Travis Hunter is assigned to find the responsible working together with the rookie FBI agent Sean. Travis was raised in Japan, has great connections with the underworld of the streets and is a master in sword and martial arts, trained by a former member of Yakuza. Travis discloses that there is a war between the old and traditional members of Yakuza and the new generation leaded by the deranged and sick Kuroda, who has associated to the Chinese Tong mobster Chen in a powerful drug dealing business. When his fiancée Nayako is brutally and cowardly murdered by one of Kuroda's men, the mission of Travis becomes a personal issue and he seeks revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

yakuza | cia | fbi | revenge | martial arts | 

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Taglines:

Only one man can stop the Yakuza.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality and nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures [Japan]

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

22 November 2005 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Yakuza

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$164,762 (Japan), 27 November 2005, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aries, Franchise Pictures, Kundali Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Released theatrically in Japan and other parts of Asia to capitalize on Seagal's popularity there.

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Goofs

When Kuroda is informing his men of Travis Hunter's existence for the first time, the henchman with the brown hair and goatee is holding an MP3 player and leans forward while his boss speaking. In the shot that immediately follows, however, he has a cigarette to his mouth and is reclining with his back against the couch.

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Quotes

Matsuda: I couldn't rest knowing your balls were not on my table

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Connections

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

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Soundtracks

Seat of My Pants
Written by Ninette Terhart and Phil Xenidis (as Phil X)
Performed by Powder

User Reviews

Don't quit your dayjob, Seagal!

I really mean it. If "The (by now not so) Great One" isn't able to make better movies than this, he definitely should quit the movie business. Each time a new Seagal movie is released, I'm hoping it will be better than his last movies, but I tend to get disappointed every time. "Out of Reach" was in fact a small step into the right direction, but with "Into the Sun" Seagal is back in the sewer. The movie has a plot that sometimes is hard to follow, at least to hard for a movie like this. There are not that many fight scenes, and they are also too short and overall just uninteresting. The most interesting part of the film was when we got to see a short snapshot from one of the newer Gamera-movies. That says it all, doesn't it?