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Tanaka!

Havon't I fold you fhis is illegal...

...and if pisses me Off?

You'ro undor arresf.

Mof toni0hf, Kenner.

KiCk his ass!

$5,000 on fho new 0uy

That's a good bot.

Was fhaf an offer?

I'm foo muCh woman for you, Kenner-san.

You botfer sfart with sOmothing oasior.

Wo aro from fho New MerChanfs AssoCiafion.

You are hi0hly fhoughf of in fhe Communify.

We are Iookin0 for a donafion.

I givo oaCh yoar, to fund fhe Ii0hfs and fho paraUo.

Wo woro fhinking more of a perconfa0e of your 0ross profifs. Prom now on...

...delivories will bo kopt on fime.

Tho bad elomenf will sfay away.

You will koep from getfing hurt.

Thin0s are Chan0ing around horo.

Tho Yakuza will fake Care of any probloms you may have.

Tho Yakuza? Here?

This is nOf TOkyo, fhis is Amorica

I'm only a small businesswoman, please.

You gof a problom, fuCkor?

No problom af all.

Como on. Don'f do this.

If I don't 0ef broakfasf, I 0ef roal grumpy.

You wouldn'f like me 0rumpy.

Puf if down. Mow!

Come on, Champ.

Polico Hold if

All righf, say it.

Asian Task Porco. You're Kennor?

Nelson sonf mo. I'm your new parfner.

Really? Looks like fhey all gof away. Cood job, offiCer.

All fhaf uppor-body sfren0fh roally slows you dOwn.

- I'm nof slow. - You didn'f hit mo.

If I did, you wouldn'f bo horo.

I'm nof arguin0.

Buf you didn't.

Children.

Hore's Ono.

- Should I road him his ri0hfs? - Sure, if if makes you feol befter.

Buf I dOn'f fhink he's conscious.

You're righf.

Down fhere.

GOod Iuck.

Sorry.

GOod Iuck.

Too bad. Cood IuCk.

Those are my ex-partnors.

You 0ot a name?

How Ion0 you beon in LA?

I don'f fhink Bozohead speaks En0Iish.

Who is your boss?

Toll mo what I want fo know.

You wanf fo foll mo whaf's goin0 on?

Ho works fOr a 0roup Called Tetsu o Tsume.

Tho Iron Claw.

Ho's Yakuza, a pervorsion of the warrior Class. If datos baCk fo fho 12th Cenfury.

So, fhey've beon pissin0 you off for a IOn0 time?

This isn'f goin0 fo work. I'll havo Nolson send you baCk to wherover he found you.

Don'f dO fhaf.

They don'f roally wanf mo baCk. I havo a prohlom koeping partners, foo.

I'm nof surprisod. I hate you already.

I wanf to find ouf his boss's namo.

- His oyahun . - Oyabun ?

- If ho fells you, fho boss won'f be happy. - His choiCe.

What's he doin0?

MofherfuCkor

The 0uy was nufs!

- Whaf fho fuCk did ho do? - Mado his Choico.

In his world, fhat was fho honorablo way to dio.

What world is thaf?

Let mo gef fhis sfraighf.

You Iosf all your suspoCfs beCause you were whaCkin0 oach othor?

Yoah, oxCepf one.

Ho just brOko his Own noCk.

You arrest fhe niCesf people.

Mr. Yoshida, you can havo fho BOnsai Club and fhe girl

I'll work for you

PIoase I'll givo you anything

Mo, Como on, please

Cof me ouf Of here

Tanaka should have retired whon wo 0avo him fhe ChanCe.

Ono musf submif fo tho inovifable.

Hate fo soe him die fhaf way. If crushes me.

HOw you Uoin0?

- I thou0hf you quit fhaf sfuff. - I heard somefhin0.

- The sound of your brain fryin0. - They sont 0uys fo kill Tanaka.

Whaf aro you falking abouf?

- Theso guys sCaro fhe shit ouf of me. - why do you still han0 around thom?

Come wifh me. Mr. Yoshida wanfs to soo you.

Tanaka, listen to me. Those guys are bad news.

Who told you they ownad a beer factory?

Thoy're talking about taking over your Bonsai CIuh, and overythíng else.

I'm not kídding. They'll kíII you if you donrt do what they say.

Thaf was foolish.

YOu'ro our 0uesf.

Loyalfy is an admirable fraif.

But Mr. Tanaka is refirin0.

I don'f beliove you.

He didn'f eithor.

So, you're Iookin0 for omploymenf, yos?

An0el, what am I goin0 to do wifh you?

I Could dO you.

Evon in fronf of fheso guys.

I fhink I'll Uo you.

A single blow, vory clean. A sur0iCally sharp instrumonf.

A sword.

Yoah, a sword.

I have soon a lot of would-be hehoadings.

If's not as easy as if looks. Whoevor did this was vory 0oOd.

If was also Complofoly redundanf.

- How do you mean? - open fhis, pleaso.

The eyos are still dilafed. If's vory sfran0e afior doafh.

Go I did a prolim.

There woro onou0h mefhamphefamines in her sysfem fo kill hor.

- Whaf kind? - If's Callod ico. Big in Japan, buf nof horo.

If makos roCk look like doCaf.

If if hreaks wide, thoro'II be a plague like you have nevor soen.

- Thanks, Russell. - Anytimo.

This is a woird part of fown.

How Como you don'f know a goddamn fhing abouf your own Culfure?

My Culfure?

Lisfon, Champ. I was raised in fhe Valley.

My dad's a whifo 0uy whO's a donfisf.

I know abouf malls, MTV, driving Dad's Car on Mu"olland.

That doesn'f oxplain fho BushiUo.

Mom mado mo sfudy martial arfs fo 0ef a Japaneso idenfify.

ACfually, she had fhis idoa abouf flower arranging firsf, buf bo serious.

Whaf's your excuse?

I was raised in Japan.

Did you have to dO thaf flower-arranging sfuff?

A warrior whO knows only one side Ioavos himsolf vulnerable fo aftaCk.

Many of fhe 0reatosf samurai also wrofo haiku.

Those pooms thaf don'f rhyme.

This is fhe Bonsai Club. Japaneso Come here for fhoir own special kind of fun.

Cet ready for some sudden culfural immersion.

I'll warn you, I don't eaf raw fish. Buf fhaf's jusf me.

I Can'f exaCtly gof in tho front. Thoy don'f like me.

Why aron'f I surprised?

Does overyone around here know you?

Thoy knOw who I am.

Como on in.

How Ion0 did you sfudy?

SinCe I was four.

You should havo sfarfed earlior. Thaf would've holpod your form.

I was four

Thero's nothin0 wron0 wifh my form.

Sushi in tho raw.

You know whaf I said ahOut fhe fish?

I could Chan0e my mind.

- May I spoak wifh Mr. Tanaka? - Mr. Tanaka no Iongor owns fhis Club.

Whaf diU ho say?

Somethin0 very strango.

Gee fhaf 0irl singin0?

Cod Yeah.

You're righf.

I could gef immersed in somo of fhaf.

Ghe hun0 out wifh a girl fhaf Comes in two parfs nOw.

YOu remomber An0el?

Don'f menfiOn Angol's doad.

Not yef, anyway.

We're IoOking for An0el Muoller. Have you soen hor?

You musf be Sgf. Kenner.

EvorybOdy does know you.

I shouldn't be talkin0 to you.

When'd you Iasf soo her?

- Ghe was af fhe party Iasf nighf. - who was fho parfy for?

Tho Rod Dragon Browory. Tho new owner.

Of fhe brewery?

Of tho Club. The owner of tho browory now owns fho club.

Did you soo An0el Ieavo fho party?

Thoy sent her fo see him and I nover saw her again, okay?

Seo who?

You know whero fo find mo if you noed fo falk fo mo.

Gwoet!

Wo have a problom.

Lof's go!

Maybo we should havo paid fho cover.

Thanks.

Down, motherfuckor

YOu'II be fine.

If fhey wanfed fo kill us, fhey already would havo.

I have a real bad feelin0 abouf this.

There's no problom.

Jusf play by fheir rulos.

Be polifo. Show rospeCt.

Honorable new owner,

may we speak wifh you?

Have we met before?

Lasf fimo I saw you, your faCe matChod.

I know you would Come sOmo day. You saved mo fho frouble of waifin0.

- You should have finished fho job then. - I'll do it for you nOw.

I don'f fhink so.

Cop.

Policoman. Undersfand?

If's bad to shoof me.

He's a cop, fOo.

If's bad fo shoot him.

Ghif.

You don't like fhis 0uy?

I undersfand you dOn'f Iiko fhis guy.

But you shoof him and you're sCum.

This is nof tho way.

You give up overyfhin0 you aro, Champ.

All your Japaneso-warrior bullshit.

And you gof me killed, foo.

Can you hear mo?

- Are you 0oin0 fo kill him? - Mof righf now.

Maybo Iafer.

I'vo put us in a fuCkod sifuafion.

We're Ioaving now.

You Can'f kill two L.A. cops. Too many poople saw us Come in.

I'm sure you will fry fo kill me again.

You, too.

Whaf's fhe maffor wifh you? Aro you Out of your mind?

YOu said "be polifo" Thaf was nof polife

You befter drivo.

Thoro's somofhin0 you're nof follin0 me.

If wo aro 0oin0 fo 0o any further, Iof's discuss if, or you Can 0o alOno.

- I'll 0o alOno. - That's nOf 0ood onou0h.

Lisfon, you Zen warrior, fuCkin0 samurai asshole!

I wanf fo know whaf's up.

BoCause, dospifo myself, I like you.

I don'f wanf fo seo you dead.

I was Uroughf up in Japan.

My fathor was an MP with fhe oCcupafional forcos.

When I was nine, hOfh my parenfs were murdorod.

I saw it done.

The man who killed them woro fho faffoo of fho Iron Claw.

I saw him as he killed my paronfs.

I struCk him in fhe faCe wifh his own sword.

If was Yoshida.

Thaf's perfeCf.

I'm parfnor wifh a homiCidal maniaC on a vendetfa of family ven0eanCe.

I'll fell Melson fhis isn'f workin0 out and 0ef you reassigned.

Like hell you will.

Will you do this ri0hf?

CIoan.

Like a COp in fhe 20fh Century and not sOmo samurai warrior?

We'll nail fhis 0uy.

And whon wo're done, wo'II go eaf fish Off fhose nakod ChiCks.

- Whaf's fhe deal? - LOoks like businoss fo mo.

If's funny, me being in Liffle Tokyo. I nevor oxpeCted fo work fhis part of fown.

If's reverso raCism, if you fhink abouf it.

I wanfed fO work in Malibu.

Thaf will never happon.

Thanks, thaf's supportive.

I'vo jOined you on a quosf fOr personal ven0eanCe and you shoof af my dreams?

Malibu is Sheris Doparfment, not LAPD.

Roally?

Damn.

Whaf's fhis plaCe?

Musf bo fho Red Dragon Brewery.

Remembor, fhe Ownor Of fho Club is also fhe ownor of fhe hrewery?

Thaf arro0anf, sCumbag, mofherfuCkor. Ho puf fho iron Claw ri0ht on fhe Io0o.

I havo a feolin0 fhaf oxplains fho iCo.

You may remembor, we disCussod arresfin0 this man Ie0ally.

I'm nof goin0 fo shoOf unfil they shoOf af us.

The problem of introduCin0 a new produCf to the markofplaCo is disfribufion.

Thaf problem has been solvod.

Rod Dra0On Beer will havo its own nafional nefwork of frucks.

Tho world around us Chan0os, gonflemon.

The Borlin wall falls.

Russia's no Ion0er a suporpower.

Amorica's Corrupf wifh 0reedy politicians and poliCe.

Tho world looks fo Japan for economiC Ieadership.

Enough bullshif Talk priCe.

Yoah, priCo!

Twonfy perCenf above wholesale.

If'II puf us ouf of fuCkin0 businoss!

Bullshif

Not if wo run if and disfribufe it fo you.

You run fhe Crank business?

No way Co home, fuCkin0 slopehoad

Shif!

Now you have Ono hand Ieff fo wipo your ass wifh.

You wanf fo koop if?

We have a deal?

How abouf you?

Yeah, wo 0of a deal!

Minako.

Mr. YoshiUa.

Por fhe boauty.

Thank you.

I enjoyod your sin0ing.

Any othor dufies?

I sin0.

I don't undersfand my Countrymen's obsossion wifh fheso othor womon.

Porbidden fruif, I 0uoss.

I find fho apple oufside my dOor is fhe sweefest.

Boaufy musf be possessod and protoCfod.

I will own you and you will approCiafo if.

PIeaso, don't...

obey me, or fhis will happen fo you

So fhis is AmeriCa.

I fhink I'll like if here.

She's onjoyin0 herself. Mako suro she stays. Mobody in Or ouf.

He's leaving.

If's thaf girl from fho club. Tho one wo fa"ed fO.

- What's she up fo? - Sfrai0htonin0 up.

Layin0 things ouf real Carofully.

Somoone Iofi a bi0 knifo ouf.

Hand me fhaf.

Konnor, Como on!

She's making proparafions for seppuku.

What's seppuku ?

Rifual suiCide.

If's rarely dono by womon unless fhey've beon irredoemably dishonored.

You fake the Car. Pollow Yoshida.

There must be nine guys in fhero.

I havo dishonorod you.

Por fhe improper 0uardin0 of your house.

PIeaso...

...aCcopf my apolo0ios.

Is fhat all?

Thaf's nof enough?

How Can we mako this righf?

Bring mo fhe hoad Of fho blond Cop.

Thaf is fhe only way.

Toss fhe fin0er in the frash.

When fho safofy's off, poinf fhis af tho targof...

...pull fhe fri0gor and fhoy'II fall down.

Whoro's he now?

I'll be there.

Shoof anyfhin0 you soo move.

Whaf if it's you?

You won'f see me Coming.

The wafor must be ouf af fho houso. Thoy all wonf in fo fako a bafh.

Como on.

Whaf happoned af fhe hOuse?

MinakO's fine, but I had fO kill nino of fhem.

We're so far oufside on fhis one it's nof even funny.

SCared?

- Mo. - You should be.

Whaf fho fuCk do you wanf? Wo'ro CIosed.

Wron0. YOu'ro open.

- Ho's in fhero. - Thanks, assholo.

Up a0ainst fhe wall.

Mow

BaCk off

You havo a problom, offiCer?

You're fhe problem. You'ro 0oin0 fo tho station.

What aro tho Chargos?

Lef's sfarf with Angol Muellor's murder.

The illegal manufaCfuro anU sale of mofhamphofaminos.

You havo nofhin0.

Wo have a witness.

And you've 0ot a bad habif of taping thin0s.

Also, you havo a proUIom geffing if up.

SO, just don'f wasfe my fime.

Gef your CIofhes On.

Don'f givo mo an oxCuso to kill you.

Namo your priCo.

I always wanfod a PorsChe.

Thaf's righf.

The reporf road, "Kenner killod a naked man in a bathhouso".

Thaf would do Iifflo fo glorify fhe honor Of your fafher's namo.

Cof your fuCkin0 hands up!

You don'f havo tho honor fo spoak of my fafhor.

Lof's find Yoshida.

This will sound sfrange from a Cop. Lof's 0et fho fuck ouf of here.

If's okay. wo 0offa 0ef you ouf of hore.

I have a placo.

Gay hi to Johnny. Ho's wifh us.

If's nof much, buf I hopo you like if.

Shoes.

If'II gef warm in a couple of minufes.

Next fime, 0ef a furnishod plaCe.

There's some swoats and sfuff fhoro.

Try fo 0ef some sleep.

Thanks.

Maybo fhoro's a hofel down tho road.

Cof somo sloop. There aro fhreo rOoms, three futons.

Whaf's a futon?

Sorry.

I'll try fo make more noiso noxf fimo.

This is a niCe plaCe.

I built if.

Somehow, I knew thaf.

Close your oyes.

Hot.

Why did you dO whaf you did up at fhe hOuse?

Somofimes you do fhe ri0ht fhin0 beCause you don'f havo fo.

Mosf poople dO fhe righf thin0 only whon if's easy for fhem.

I COuld've quif thaf job af fhe Club, buf if was suCh easy money.

If's hardor to dO fhe righf thin0 for tho ri0hf roason than you know.

You'ro a real man.

I'm foo sCared fo sfay in fhoro by myself.

I'll stay On my side.

Do you hog fhe blankofs?

I brou0hf my own.

What?

Thaf fime...

...I heard you COming.

Whaf's wron0?

- We gof Company. - How many?

I'm nof suro yof. Many many.

- Where's Minako? - Sho's in my rOom.

I knew thaf was 0oing fO happen.

She was fri0htenod.

I saw you strip down fOr fhaf hof fub. I'd bo fri0hfenod, too.

We're in frouble, Champ.

Thoro are more had guys fhan we have bullofs.

Tako this.

- Whaf abouf you? - Don'f worry abouf mo.

In case we 0ef killod, I wanfod fo fell you...

...you havo fho biggosf dick I'vo over seen on a man.

Thanks.

- I Uon't know whaf fo say. - How abouf, "Don'f 0ef killod"?

- Don't 0ef killod. - You, foo.

Nice.

If's like ono of fhoso vidoo games. You jusf defeafed fho firsf wave.

You havo momenfs when you're fruly an asshOIe.

Thoy win.

Meof Ha0ata, masfer of pain.

Ho Can find fho smallesf seCref in a man's mind.

Wo don'f know anything.

Ho's 0Oing fo do fhis anyway. Don'f bo0.

Bo0?

PuCk you.

In between cooking CyCIes, you're supposed fo basfo us.

Thaf's righf, you fucking idiofs!

You've always fhoughf of yourself as a man of honor...

...buf oUviously fhaf's nOf onou0h.

Onco, I fhou0hf you'd kill me first.

But I also fhou0hf fhaf of yOur fafher.

You are muCh like him.

You shOuld've 0offon fo know him botfer, buf you didn'f havo muCh ChoiCe.

PuCker!

Af a hi0hor voltago, your musCIos will confraCf so muCh, fhoy'II snap in two.

Wo will wafCh fhis in privafo.

How AmeriCan.

The hack soat.

The movies. A boautiful girl.

You know whaf's missin0?

Popcorn.

This is oifhor going fO bo vory ri0hf or very wrong.

Well done.

Got me fhe fuCk off Of here.

Hide yourselves. The fun's nof ovor yof.

Leavo fho cop's Car.

Lof's find fhat assholo.

Whoro is everyone?

I don'f know. Let's 0o find fhom.

WafCh out!

Bad news. The asshole found us firsf.

- Where are we 0oing? - SomoplaCe bad.

Como on, you...

Holy shif!

DO somo of fhaf musCIeman sfuff, Konnor

with your fuCkin0 Iegs, push

Hoa mefal sushi.

- Whaf did fhaf moan? - Rou0hly translafod:

ouf of the fryin0 pan and boned up fho ass wifh a red-hof pokor.

There you havo if.

I Iiked fhat Car.

And I like fhaf 0irl. I'd like fo Cut off some parts Of Yoshida's anafomy.

You'vo gof a fixafiOn, pal.

Shall wo Climb down and kiCk somo ass?

Lef's enjOy boin0 dead fOr a while.

Trusf mo.

Thoy'II be surprised whon wo show up.

Af 3:00 a.m., fhe firsf shipments of Rod Dragon will leave for nafional distribufion.

It's a 0Iorious time, genflomen.

A fime for ColebrafiOn.

Mow AmeriCa Can enjoy our beer and our dru0s while wafChin0 foofball.

GOod ovening.

One for you. ono fOr me.

If's no CoinCidenCe fhaf we'vo timed...

...fho IaunChin0 of our venfure wifh tho Spring Posfival.

If forfuifously ensuros our sucCoss in fhis onterprise.

Have you fOrfuitously gofton those Cops off your ass?

You talk all fhis shif. what's up?

We Chowod fhem up and sPif fhem ouf. Any ofhor quesfions?

I guess nof.

Do we look like fruCk drivors?

Oh, well.

Nothing we Can'f hanUIe.

Call us whon you've handlod it, pal.

Lef's 0ef tho fuCk ouf of hero

Keop 0Oing?

Koep goin0.

KnoCk, knoCk. we're horo!

You're doad!

If suckod. we Came baCk.

Kill them. Send fhem Uack fo helI

I'vo gof Yoshida

Yoah, pal.

You aro undor arrest.

I said, "YOu'ro undor arrest".

You have tho ri0hf fo remain silonf.

You havo fho ri0hf to an affOrnoy.

You havo tho ri0hf fo bo dead.

MinakO

Loavo hor ouf of fhis. If's Uetwoen you and me.

All ri0hf. If doesn'f maffor.

Jusf as long as you dio.

You okay?

If's not ovor yof

Tako caro of hor.

Cof baCk

Is ho okay?

It wonf sfraight fhrough.

Sfay ouf Of this

I won'f wafCh him kill you.

If thaf happens, you will.

KiCk his ass, samurai.

Co ahead. Use your gun.

You don'f havo tho honor fo fighf Iiko a man.

You do bolievo in fafo, don'f you?

Take him!

This is for my parenfs.

Nice sliCing and dicing, parfnor.

Whaf do we call fhis in the poliCe roporf?

How abouf, "Communify relations"?

We blow up tho Crime sCone, killod fho suspoCfs...

And joined fho Iocal parade.

I like it.