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Action thriller about an LA cop who teams up with an enigmatic detective to find the killer of a young woman in the US offices of a Japanese corporation. Policeman Web Smith begins to suspect that his colleague, appointed to guide him through the complexities of Japanese etiquette and ritual, is secretly working for the Japanese themselves. Who can Smith trust in the most important and dangerous case of his career?

Keywords:

Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1993) (USA) (2 Star)

Cast:

Sean Connery	.... Capt. John Connor
Wesley Snipes	.... Lt. Web Smith
Harvey Keitel	.... Lt. Tom Graham
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	.... Eddie Sakamura
Kevin Anderson	.... Bob Richmond
Mako	.... Yoshida-san

Supporting Cast:

Ray Wise	.... Senator John Morton
Stan Egi	.... Ishihara
Stan Shaw	.... Phillips
Tia Carrere	.... Jingo Asakuma
Steve Buscemi	.... Willy 'the Weasel' Wilhelm
Tatjana Patitz	.... Cheryl Lynn Austin
Peter Crombie	.... Greg
Sam Lloyd	.... Rick
Alexandra Powers	.... Julia

Directors:

Philip Kaufman

Writers:

Michael Crichton
Philip Kaufman