American Yakuza vs The Man from Nowhere

The Man from Nowhere has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.7/10 for American Yakuza). American Yakuza is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 59m. American Yakuza is the older of the two (1993 against 2010). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

American Yakuza posterAmerican Yakuza1993 VS The Man from Nowhere posterThe Man from Nowhere2010
American YakuzaThe Man from Nowhere
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 7.7/10
Year19932010
Length1h 36m1h 59m
GenresAction, Crime, ThrillerAction, Crime, Thriller
Country––
DirectorFrank A. CappelloLee Jeong-beom
Main castRobert Forster, Ryo Ishibashi, Nicky Katt, Viggo Mortensen, Yuji OkumotoKim Hie-won, Kwak Do-won, Kim Tae-hun, Kim Seung-o, Song Young-chang

Synopsis

American Yakuza

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia lead by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to…

The Man from Nowhere

An ex-special agent is involved in a convoluted drug ring drama. He has to save a drug smuggler's innocent daughter from being the victim of her parents' fight.

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