Canada 1995
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Now Shudo Shimazaki (Mako), Takeshis father and one of the most
mightful oyabun (Yakuza-boss) of Japan comes to Vancouver to avenge the murder of his
son Takeshi. He knows the culprit: it is the "Freeman" the best killer of
a legendary but very real Chinese underground organisation: the 108 Dragons. During the filming Mark met Julie Condra (Emu), they got married 3 years later! The director Christophe Gans had a sensational box office success in his native country France where the movie was at the top of the charts for weeks.
directed by Christophe Gans story by Kazuo Koike (comic) and Ryoichi Ikegami Christophe Gans & Thierry Casals Roger Avary (uncredited) produced by Samuel Hadida (producer), Brian Yuzna (producer) Robert Frederick (co-producer) , Aki Komine (co-producer) Victor Hadida (executive producer) , Taka Ichise (executive producer) Michele White (associate producer) music by Patrick O'Hearn Cast: Mark Dacascos .... Yo/Freeman Julie Condra .... Emu O'Hara Rae Dawn Chong .... Detective Forge Byron Mann .... Koh Masaya Kato .... Ryuji Hanada Yôko Shimada .... Lady Hanada Mako .... Shudo Shmizaki Tchéky Karyo .... Detective Netah Kevan Ohsji .... Takeshi Shimazaki Debbie Podowski .... Customs Agent Murray Lowry (I) .... Head Customs Agent Mikal Tang .... Koh's Driver Jerry Wasserman .... Chief Randall Tong Lung .... Shimazaki's Bodyguard Kiyoto Matsumoto .... Shimazaki's Bodyguard Paul McGillion .... Detective Russell Ferrier .... Detective Ravinder Toor .... Detective Janie Woods-Morris .... Mery Giorgio Miyashita .... Ryuji's Bodyguard Michael Hirano .... Bedroom Yakuzas Minh Ly .... Bedroom Yakuzas Ed Hong-Louie .... Soya Plant Supervisor Ivy Ng .... Witch Paul Wong (I) .... Photographer Floyd Faircrest .... Gallery Assassin Victor Favrin .... Gallery Assassin Morgan Lam .... Boy in Lobby Alex Diakun .... Antonio Rossi Aundrea MacDonald .... Kari Akio Higashio .... Yakuza Boss Yukio Kasukawa .... Yakuza Boss Zuien Konomura .... Priest Mark Oki .... Mister Dogaki Annie Lee .... Bordello Girl Yuka Kobayashi .... Lady Hanada's Maid Hiro Kanagawa .... Temple Yakuza Endo Hidemine .... Temple Yakuza Ken Shimizu .... Temple Yakuza |
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San Francisco. The beautiful Eurasian paintress Emu O'Hara (Julie
Condra), who is originally from Canada, was on vacation in the US. She witnesses a
homicide: an elegant handsome man with lissom movements, perfectly controlling his
body, shoots the Yakuza Takeshi "Sonny" Shimazaki (Kevan Ohtsji) and his
bodyguard. Thereafter, when he is looking at his victim a teardrop is running down
his cheek. He introduces himself to Emu, telling her his name, Yo (Mark Dacascos),
then he disappears…
The idea for the starting sequence, the alive-dragontattoo
which is wriggling around the freeman's body, was developed by the photographer
and videoclip designer Jean-Baptiste Mondino, who at the end couldn't realise
his own project because of his time schedule. 
