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( Police radio chatter )

KANE: So, what do you got?

Well, there's a Mexican gang, MS-13 and the Crips,

but everybody's jacked up because there's talk

of the Yakuza joining forces with the Tongs.

But on this deal, who the players?

There's a faction moving in from southern California,

but you gotta watch out for the Tamabuchi brothers.

There's a meet happening here tomorrow.

It's an office building.

Got a little something for you there, Mike.

KANE: I'll set up a stakeout.

RADNER: Some stakeout. There's nothing going down.

I can't take this anymore.

Come on, boss. The place is dead. Take a look.

Mike said the meeting was gonna be today.

His word's usually pretty good.

I don't know, man. Just hang for a little while longer.

You know, they should issue us motor homes for stuff like this.

For jobs like this.

( Laughs )

Why do CIs always say, "sometime today"?

Why don't they ever say 2:15 today?

I don't know.

It's organized crime, right? Organize it.

( Phone rings out )

Kane.

Yeah, I got a head's up for you.

Man, I sure hope so, 'cause I'm sitting in front

of an empty building for a long time.

Yeah, it's not gonna happen today.

The Yakuza boys are gonna put on a show of force with the Tongs.

They're going to take out the M.S. drug distributor.

It's at a warehouse on Maitland.

- When? - Now.

Radner, get with me, man.

See if you can get Mason and Juliet

to meet me over here right now.

I've got some intel on a hit going down on Maitland.

Yeah, boss.

( Workers speaking Spanish )

( Main title theme )

( Gunfire )

RADNER: Shots fired! Call for backup!

( Shouting, yelling )

KANE: Get on the ground!

JULIET: Freeze! Guns on the ground!

- Get them down! - Get on the ground!

On the ground!

- Freeze! - Freeze!

Freeze!

Who ordered the hit?

Freeze!

( Groans )

( Groans )

( Birds chirping )

( Grunting, cheering )

( Cheering )

To a moral and profitable association

between the Yakuza and the Tong.

To good business.

- Kampai. - Kampai.

Kampai.

You are wasting your time.

Well, I know more about that path than you may think.

It's not the end of the world. But I'm very curious.

You have a much higher rank than these other people,

yet you're not ordering them around.

You're acting just like another solider.

What's the story with that?

- It's business. - Business.

So those are our residents. Looks like he was calling home.

Check this out. Here's a number he calls a bunch.

Okay, got it.

South King Street near Chinatown.

It's a business listing. Handmade Chinese pot stickers.

Right. He got 11 calls here this morning.

He must really love the dumplings.

Hold on. This place has been busted before.

It's a gambling joint run by the Tongs.

Of course it is.

So anyone here got any idea who I am?

Anyone?

What about you?

No, I don't.

Not even a little bit familiar?

Maybe you need to look at my face a little better, hmm?

My name is Leroy Jacobs.

Leroy Jacobs.

Proud father of Brian who died in the service of his country.

Devoted husband, reformed alcoholic,

two years clean and sober.

And now, former homeowner.

LEROY: Ring any bells?

Why did you leave Japan?

I was involved in human trafficking.

Buying and selling woman for sex.

Sometimes I see them, I see their tears.

And I think of my younger sister's coming of the age.

And I ran into a problem.

The Yakuza won't change their ways because of me.

The Yakuza's not gonna change because of you,

but you can change.

- ( Door opens ) - Boss, sorry.

We have a situation.

Dispatch on three and it's urgent.

Be right there.

Maybe we can make a deal.

Like I said, I know that world as good as you.

I know it very, very well.

And how to protect you and your family. Think about it.

( Police chatter, sirens )

Kane.

DISPATCH: We have a hostage situation at the Home National Bank.

SWAT is being deployed now.

Commander Shaw wants to talk to you.

Go ahead. Patch him through.

It's Shaw.

KANE: Yeah, I hear you got a situation?

Yeah, the suspect gives his name as Leroy Jacobs.

Well, what does that have to do with me?

That name doesn't ring a bell.

He mentioned you and he's pretty freaked out.

We're just looking for any background you might have.

Well, I mean-- I could talk to him.

Hell, you know how this goes, Kane.

This is SWAT operation. We have our negotiator on site.

Well, It's not like I'm trying to step on any toes, man.

I trained you, I know how the SWAT rules go,

but you know what?

I think I do remember this guy. Lemmie talk to him.

All right, Kane.

We'll try to keep this guy wrapped up until you show up.

I don't want to engage if I don't have to, but I can't make you any promises.

I'll head on down there, man. Just gimmie a couple hours.

I'll be there, I'll take care of it.

Yeah, you got it. Two hours.

All right, thanks.

He's starting on the paper.

Why don't you scratch out the booking slip?

No. You catch it, you clean it.

I'm staying here.

Nice.

( Grunting, cheering )

What?

- Excuse us. - Yeah.

Police were tipped.

Special unit in plain clothes.

They killed Katsuo.

Look at me. Look, look--

You find out who killed them.

Kenjiro--

( Groans, yells )

In my place, you touch me,

you so much as breathe on me, I will kill you.

( Gagging )

So anyway, before I go down and talk to this guy,

I need to know a few things.

You guys are gonna be with me on that.

Did we dig up anything else?

Yeah, Akio made a number of phone calls this morning

to a Tong gambling house.

Yeah, My CI told me that the Tong and the Yakuza

might be forming an alliance.

I want you and Sarah to go down there make your presence felt.

Let the Yakuza know that we're thinking about them,

that we love them, that we miss them,

and that we are in their face

and every other orifice they got.

So why don't you all head out and do that.

Maybe we might get lucky

and flush out someone who don't wanna be flushed out.

No problem.

You all get going.

- Cool. - Sounds good.

( Police radio chatter )

You know what this is?

It's a house.

I know it's a damn house. Who's house?

I-- I don't know. Your house?

My house.

I thought it was my house. I called it my house.

"Come over to my house for a beer", I would tell my friends.

Imagine my surprise when I found out that it wasn't my house,

that is was your house!

Now do you remember?

Yes. Yes, of course. Leroy.

Liar. You don't remember.

I remember.

You used to come in every second Friday to cash your check.

Haven't seen you in a while though.

She remembers.

The regular, everyday working folk remember.

But you foreclosed on my house.

And you still got no idea who I am.

- I'm sorry. - Too late.

'Cause I got news for you.

You didn't foreclose on my house, you foreclosed on me.

So we tapped into a street camera

at the intersection next to the bank.

Only one conviction for stolen property.

Looks like the judge let him off easy. No time.

I remember this guy.

He was going through a real tough stretch for a while.

Lost his son in Iraq.

I put in a good word for him.

LEROY: My house.

Only time I ever owned the keys to the roof over my head.

That's something for a guy like me.

I made all my payments, I paid my taxes on it too.

You and your bank had no right--

no right to take my property away.

I raised my family in that damn house. That was my home.

That was our home.

You listening to this?

Good. Every man gets down on his luck every now and then.

But what do you care, right?

All you care about is the damn money.

You don't give a damn whose ass ends up living on the street.

You don't care if life's kicking a man while he's down.

But not this time. Not this time.

This time, you're the one down on your luck.

( Bar chatter )

The man who killed Katsuo is a cop named Kane.

He runs the SIU here.

Our contacts in Japan have looked into his past.

This is what we know.

He's just another dumb ass, gaijin cop.

Just listen, will you?

( Phone rings )

Kane.

RADNER: Hey, boss. Pulling up at our friend's gambling home.

Looky here, man. Just watch your six, be careful.

Handle it right.

When you get in there make sure whatever you do

is gonna match the paper later.

KANE: Be safe. Don't do nothing stupid, y'hear?

RADNER: Sure, boss.

Kane's father was U.S. Military in Japan during the war.

He married an affluent Japanese woman.

Daughter of a famous Samurai family in Kyushu.

The head of that family, Kane's grandfather,

was one of the last great swordsmen.

Kane was born, old man fell in love with his grandson.

Took him in. Eventually taught him the secrets of his vyuha.

The secret sword school.

This guy Kane is not just a dumb gaijin cop.

He was raised and born in Japan,

he speaks the language better than you do.

We need to finish our business and go underground.

This Tong ship comes in at 4:00 tonight. How ready are we?

The mechanic delivered the first half yesterday.

Good, let's get it done.

The last thing we need is some half-breed Samurai

breathing down our neck.

The cops are here.

- Looking for a payoff? - I don't think so.

Looks like business.

Have your guys take care of it.

Hey, fellas. How's thug life?

Uh, you tell me, officer.

Are you looking at something?

Is there a problem?

- Come again? - Screw you.

Whoo, hoo, hoo. Careful, big boy.

We bite back.

How much to pay for this bitch? I'm bored.

Kenjiro--

Mmmm. That's a tempting offer, I gotta tell you.

To be honest, pal, I don't think you can handle her.

And even if you could, doesn't he look like he's more you're type?

Sarah!

Hey! Where do you think you're going?

His foreclosure sign. He's definitely not here.

Right. Let's talk to the neighbors.

( Speaking Japanese )

Door!

- ( Door buzzes ) - ( Speaking Japanese )

No, no, no. Don't let him fool you. He can speak English.

If he slips back into that Japanese, you gotta hit the reset button.

Jack ass.

See that? It's like magic, isn't it?

( Police radio chatter )

So now I have a problem.

No, that ain't quite right. We have a problem.

Poor old Leroy don't got a job,

don't got a family,

don't got nowhere to live.

And I wanna know what you're going to do about it.

Suggestions?

Okay. I'll give you one. I want my house back.

Leroy, I can't just give you your house back.

He took my mom's house too after my dad passed away.

You see, Fred?

This is exactly why people go out to rob banks.

You steal from the people.

And sometimes the people want a little payback.

I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry. Okay?

I'm sorry we foreclosed, but we have to have rules.

We can't just go on friendship and character.

It's not good business.

Seems to me, with all the money

the government's been bailing you guys out with,

you got the wrong idea what makes business good.

RADNER: What do you mean you can't hold them?

They assaulted a police officer?

Hey, they beat you up too.

Listen, I don't care if they posted bail,

Kane hasn't had a chance to talk to them yet.

Listen, what if I told you that they were terrorists? Huh?

Known terrorists. Then you can hold them as long as you want.

So, the three Yakuza punks are back on the street.

What is the problem with people? We bend the rules all the time.

You think maybe they could do us a favor.

Right, yeah.

Where's a sap in a dark alley when you need one? Right?

Oh, come on. Why are you busting my balls here?

Look, man, I'm coming down to talk to Leroy, but you gotta tell him

that if he doesn't release some hostages,

I'm not gonna set foot in the bank.

I need some kind of good will gesture. Y'hear?

Yeah, you got it.

What's the word with the crazy in the bank?

He's not crazy, he just wants his house back. Wouldn't you?

Come on, what's he thinking? It's stupid.

Maybe if the guy finished fifth grade,

he wouldn't have lost his house in the first place.

Know what, I got an idea. Here's what we do.

We tell him it's his, you throw him the keys,

and then when he walks out we bag and tag him.

Great.

( Grunting, cheering )

Kenjiro, let me explain.

Kenjiro--

Kenjiro! No, please!

Kenjiro.

Kenjiro!

Where the hell were you in the club?

Where is your loyalty?

There were cops, Kenjiro. I have warrants.

If I fought them, I'd be arrested and deported.

If I go back to Japan, I'm dead.

If it's my fight, it's your fight. Always.

The Yakuza never step back.

If we take a beating, we take a bullet.

That's the way it is.

If you fall out like that again, I'm gonna cut your head off.

All right. That's enough.

Come on. Let's go watch the fight.

KENJIRO: Those were the cops who killed Katsuo.

And you know this how?

Why else would they have come?

It was a message. They came to laugh at us.

They're soldiers. They came because they were ordered to.

Ordered to by their boss. Kane.

He killed one of us,

so it's our way to kill one of his.

We're here for business.

And our partners, the Tongs, are watching us.

They need to know that we can be trusted.

That we're not going to run around killing cops.

'Cause they think small.

We only need them for the network at the ports.

We do what we want. We're Yakuza.

We do what we want? No. We do what's necessary.

We do what's required by our code.

We die young. We die with violence. This is Yakuza.

This is our way. This is our nature.

Katsuo died 'cause he was meant to.

And we move on. Do you understand?

Ai.

We'll test the Tong network with the armament shipment,

and then we'll start moving the real merchandise.

But the cops are going to be bringing heat,

so we need to move fast. And you brother?

You need to focus.

Good will gesture?

Nobody here made no good will gesture to me, did they?

Oh, screw you.

All right, folks. We're getting right down to it now.

They say I gotta let some of you go as a good will gesture.

I get screwed and I gotta be the one with all the good will.

How the hell does that work?

Doesn't matter anyway, because this is between you and me.

Okay, folks. You can go on out.

They said to use the front door.

I'm sorry.

So apparently after his wife got sick,

he got fired from his job

because he was taking too much time off to take care of her.

He lost his health insurance,

then she couldn't get the coverage she needed.

She died six months ago.

( Laughter echoes )

I don't know why this isn't a straight SWAT operation.

Well, you know, because life is not black and white.

And you gotta really look into the psyche of the person.

If you saw a guy on the top of a tall building ready to jump,

and you knew that he just lost his wife and his son

and his house, would you shoot?

Put him out of his misery?

Of course not. I'd talk to him.

Yeah, but what are we supposed to do?

Like Mason said, it's a SWAT operation.

They're not gonna let us anywhere near the place.

I don't really want you close to the bank,

I want you close to the SWAT command center.

I'll put you guys on a special frequency for us

on our radios where only we could hear each other.

There's going to be corridors

in line of sight for the snipers.

If Leroy wanders into one of those corridors,

they might try to kill him.

So, if you guys hear any kind of a kill order like that,

or a shoot order, you need to let me know as soon as possible.

I'll certainly try to save Leroy, but also,

I'm in danger.

So you guys really keep your heads up

and see if you can help me out there.

- Of course. - All right.

You got a wife, Fred? Kids?

Divorced. I have a daughter. She's 15.

Oh, sorry to hear that. It's a joke, Fred.

Teenagers, man. Bet she gives you a harder time than I do.

You miss your wife at all?

I know she's not dead or nothing,

but you miss having her around sometimes?

Honestly, no.

Oh, you're not so bad, Fred.

But I gotta make a point here.

It's just the way business goes sometimes.

You gotta do things you really don't want to do.

And your time is running out.

( Police radio chatter )

It's good to see you again, Kane.

Good to see you, buddy. How you feeling?

Better.

He's released five hostages,

but he's still got the bank manager.

Now I don't trust him, Kane. This guy is hair trigger.

Man, I don't think so. I remember this guy.

I think I can talk him out.

Well, good luck to you, Kane, 'cause if you can't do it,

I'm gonna go in and do it my way.

You all hang back here.

Can you hear me, chief?

KANE: Loud and clear.

Show me your hands, or I kill him.

Better not try nothing funny.

Brother, I didn't come here to try something funny.

And you didn't call me here to shoot me.

Kinda figured you weren't going to come.

- Why's that? - No one else cares.

Why should you?

I care and that's why I came.

So let's talk.

What can I do to make things better?

You sure you don't have a piece?

Yeah, I'm sure I don't have a piece, man.

You have my word.

No, you got your word. I got Fred.

You break your word, I break Fred.

You should listen to this, Fred.

I'm listening, Leroy.

Seems to me words don't mean much anymore.

My word was always my life.

That's what I taught my son. Didn't do him no good, did it?

Your son died with honor.

Trying to protect our country.

I would like you to think about showing him honor.

Make your son proud, make your wife proud.

I will do the best I can to try to do something

to help you get this house back,

but you broke the law now.

So we gotta deal with that.

My wife loved that house.

She was so proud of it.

It's all we had, but it was enough.

It's full of her, you know?

Whole house if full of her. Everywhere I go, she's there.

I've been there. I lost my wife just like you.

Ain't a day go by

where I don't miss her and I don't think about her.

I'm with you, man.

I just can't make it make sense anymore.

It's like nothing's familiar to me anymore.

Unless I'm in that house, I don't know where I am.

But that's the problem, Kane. I'm right here. But they ain't.

I know what it's like to look in a room and see nobody.

You feel them, and they're not there.

No, Kane. I'm done living like this.

If you kill yourself, you won't be able to be with her.

You'll be going in the other direction.

You will never see your wife and son again.

I'm asking you, please,

put the guns down and come with me.

Thank you.

( Sobs )

( Door buzzes, creaks )

It's hard to live sometimes, ain't it, Kane?

It is.

But most importantly, you can't affect other's lives, man.

Particularly innocent people. That's not right.

Yeah. I've always gone crazy my whole life.

I don't know what gets into me sometimes.

What-- what kind of stretch am I looking at?

Honestly, man, I think it could be 10 to 15,

it could be a little less.

I'll put in a good word for you.

I won't be that old when I get out, I guess so.

Take this time to just get yourself together,

make plans, what you're going to do when you get out.

Thanks, Kane.

All right, my friend. Be safe.

( Phone ringing )

Kane.

- Hey, it's me. - What's up?

The Yakuza has a warehouse full of guns ready to ship out.

You wanna know where it is?

We're ready. What do your friends in the Tong have to say?

They're reserved. They don't trust us yet.

Oh, they'll be happy.

You're still caring for Katsuo.

- It's not right. - Listen to me.

I spoke to our people in Japan.

There's more bad news on the Kane front.

After he left Japan,

he was recruited into black ops for the US Government.

He's been deployed all over the world

as a highly skilled assassin.

We do not want to avenge anyone's death right now.

Especially with this guy around. That's a fight we will not win.

Kenjiro.

There will come a time when we can avenge Katsuo's death.

When the cost won't be so high. Right now,

the risk is too great for us. Business first.

All right.

Have you told the Tongs about the next shipment?

Yes.

They know who it's going to?

They know what part of the world,

and I'm sure they can figure out the rest.

And? They have reservations?

Of course they have reservations.

Anything new scares them.

But when I told them the amount of money that was involved,

they found the strength to continue.

Ah. Business.

Business.

New package should be arriving at the garage.

The mechanic, I don't like him.

We need to find a new middle man after this next run.

Kenjiro, patience.

So what I'm really trying to say

is that this is the big shipment.

These guys are kind of wannabe Yakuzas,

so they've got their egos on the line.

I expect them to start shooting at us.

So they're not real Yakuza.

No, they are American Japanese.

They're connected with the SoCal gang,

so it makes it more dangerous and more unpredictable.

So just keep your heads up and watch each other's backs.

Everything's packed.

( Noise in garage )

Relax.

It's just Kenjiro coming back from the mechanic. Sit tight.

Kenjiro!

Get on the ground.

Get on the ground.

( Yells )

( Screams )

( Sirens )

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