Showdown in Little Tokyo - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "Showdown in Little Tokyo"

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

Timing: 1:19 (79 min)

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All about film

Video 2

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Actors and characters

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) Original Trailer [FHD]

English

1:26

Разборки в маленьком Токио - Трейлер

Pусский

1:30

What's left behind the scenes

The original script consisted of 104 pages and included scenes later removed by the producers (for example, a scene where Kenner and Murata, after a fight in the sauna, pursue one of the Yakuza, ending up in a shopping mall). During filming, the script was decided to be shortened to 95 pages.
Fearing the film would receive an NC-17 rating, director Mark L. Lester cut some particularly explicit or violent scenes: One moment in the pool scene, showing a woman with exposed breasts, was cut; Some moments from the murder scene of the dancer (Ecela) were cut: an episode where Yoshida delivers an additional sword strike was removed. A moment at the very end of the scene, where her severed head falls to the floor, was also removed; The moment of the murder of the fat Yakuza in the sauna fight scene was shortened: it showed Kenner twisting a knife in his stomach from side to side; The scene of Minako’s rape was completely cut, deemed too brutal by viewers at test screenings. As a result, although the film received an R rating, it was released in the US with an age restriction of «18+».
All the swords used in the film were replicas, with the exception of the one used by Dolph Lundgren’s character when he cut through bundles of bamboo – that was a genuine samurai sword.
Filming took place from January 14 to March 8, 1991.
Fearing the film would receive an NC-17 rating, director Mark L. Lester cut some particularly explicit or violent scenes: A moment in the pool scene showing a woman with exposed breasts was cut; Some moments from the scene of the dancer's (Edela’s) murder were cut: an episode where Yoshida delivers an additional sword strike was removed. A moment at the very end of the scene, where her severed head falls to the floor, was also removed; The moment of killing the fat Yakuza in the sauna fight scene was shortened: it showed Kenner twisting a knife in his stomach in different directions; A scene of Minako’s rape was completely cut, as it was considered too violent by viewers at test screenings. As a result, the film received an R rating, but was released with an "18+" age restriction in the US.
All the swords used in the film were replicas, with the exception of the one used by Dolph Lundgren’s character when he cut through bundles of bamboo – that was a genuine samurai sword.

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