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* CastTheExpert: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Toshishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' and Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze''.

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* CastTheExpert: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Toshishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' and Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze''.''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze''.
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* CastTheExpert: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Toshishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.

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* CastTheExpert: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Toshishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' and Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze''.
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* FakeNationality: The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese-American Creator/BrandonLee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.

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* FakeNationality: The Japanese American Japanese-American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese-American Creator/BrandonLee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.
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* FakeNationality: The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese-American, Creator/BrandonLee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.

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* FakeNationality: The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese-American, Chinese-American Creator/BrandonLee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.
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* FakeNationality: The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Creator/BrandonLee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.

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* FakeNationality: The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Chinese-American, Creator/BrandonLee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.
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* CastTheExpert: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Creator/ToshishiroObata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.

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* CastTheExpert: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Creator/ToshishiroObata.Toshishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.
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* CastTheExpert: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Tosishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.

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* CastTheExpert: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Tosishiro Obata.Creator/ToshishiroObata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.
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* WholeCostumeReference: One of Toshido's {{Mooks}} wears a [[{{Film/Batman}} purple jacket, orange undershirt, and green necktie]]. Maybe it's just a coincidence the wardrobe department overlooked, but the movie was made just a year after the blockbuster...

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* WholeCostumeReference: One of Toshido's {{Mooks}} wears a [[{{Film/Batman}} [[Film/Batman1989 purple jacket, orange undershirt, and green necktie]]. Maybe it's just a coincidence the wardrobe department overlooked, but the movie was made just a year after the blockbuster...
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* WholeCostumeReference: One of Toshido's {{Mooks}} wears a [[{{Film/Batman}} purple jacket, orange undershirt, and green necktie]]. Maybe it's just a coincidence the wardrobe department overlooked, but the movie was made just a year after the blockbuster...

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* CastTheExpert: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Tosishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.



** RecycledTheSet: The Yakuza's headquarters was also the nightclub owned by [[BigBad Screwface]] in ''Film/MarkedForDeath''. The panelling on the walls is a dead giveaway.
* RoleAssociation: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Tosishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.

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** RecycledTheSet: RecycledSet: The Yakuza's headquarters was also the nightclub owned by [[BigBad Screwface]] in ''Film/MarkedForDeath''. The panelling on the walls is a dead giveaway.
* RoleAssociation: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Tosishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.
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** RecycledTheSet: The Yakuza's headquarters was also the nightclub owned by [[BigBad Screwface]] in ''Film/MarkedForDeath''. The panelling on the walls is a dead giveaway.
* RoleAssociation: In his second most recognizable role, TheDragon Sato is played by action/fight/martial arts choreographer/coordinator turned actor (and legit master of multiple Japanese swordfighting disciplines) Tosishiro Obata. His most recognizable role was playing TheDragon Tatsu in the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films.
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* UncreditedRole: Gary [=DeVore=] did an uncredited rewrite on the film.
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** The infamous homoerotic line from Brandon Lee was originally "You have the biggest dick I've ever seen on a white man" and was shortened by Warner Bros (during editing) to "You have the biggest dick I've ever seen on a man".

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** The infamous homoerotic line from Brandon Lee Creator/BrandonLee was originally "You have the biggest dick I've ever seen on a white man" and was shortened by Warner Bros (during editing) to "You have the biggest dick I've ever seen on a man".



* FakeNationality: The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Brandon Lee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.

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* FakeNationality: The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Brandon Lee.Creator/BrandonLee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.
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** Mark L. Lester's final cut came in at 90 minutes, but after seeing test-screenings results Creator/WarnerBros did no longer support the film and cut it down to 79 minutes.

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** Mark L. Lester's final cut came in at 90 minutes, but after seeing test-screenings results Creator/WarnerBros did did, he no longer support supported the film and cut it down to 79 minutes.
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* CreatorBacklash: After being disappointed by the studio taking over this film, director Mark L. Lester started to finance and sell his movies himself to keep control over them.
* DeletedScene: Scenes cut included a different introduction to Kenner, and his former partner Yosuto, more of the Nelson character, played by Ernie Lively, more dramatic scenes between Lundgren and Lee and a scene after the opening gunfight at the underground boxing match where Kenner is chewed out by his superiors for all the mayhem he has caused.
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* DirectToVideo: Despite a theatrical run in the United States (limited to 140 screens) and a few territories (Italy, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Mexico, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and South Korea), Warner Bros ultimately released the film directly to video in most countries. It was the first Dolph Lundgren movie to be released straight to video in countries such as Germany, France, Spain and Japan.

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* FakeNationality: Kenner is an American played by the Swedish Creator/DolphLundgren. The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Brandon Lee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.

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* FakeNationality: ExecutiveMeddling:
** Mark L. Lester's final cut came in at 90 minutes, but after seeing test-screenings results Creator/WarnerBros did no longer support the film and cut it down to 79 minutes.
** The infamous homoerotic line from Brandon Lee was originally "You have the biggest dick I've ever seen on a white man" and was shortened by Warner Bros (during editing) to "You have the biggest dick I've ever seen on a man".
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Kenner is an American played by the Swedish Creator/DolphLundgren. Creator/DolphLundgren.
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The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Brandon Lee. Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.Japanese-American.
* HeyItsThatPlace: At the crime scene, when Kenner is shown the decapitated girl's dead body, the church in the background is the same building seen in ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness''. It's a historical landmark, the first Christian church in Little Tokyo, that was repaired and became the Union Center for the Arts after the 1994 earthquake.
* WorkingTitle: ''Sgt. K'', ''Yakuza''.

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* FakeNationality: Kenner is an American played by the Swedish Creator/DolphLundgren. The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Brandon Lee. Tia Carrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.

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* {{Blooper}}: There are at least two. The first one is when Creator/DolphLundgren jumps over a car. He is shown standing by the ''side'' of the car and uses a spring to catapult himself. The second one is when he shoots a pipe to have the steam inside it distract bad guys. A random man can ''clearly'' be seen sitting next to Dolph with a extinguisher and then using it.
* FakeNationality: Kenner is an American played by the Swedish Creator/DolphLundgren. The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Brandon Lee. Tia Carrere Creator/TiaCarrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.

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* {{Blooper}}: There are at least two. The first one is when Dolph Lundgren's character jumps over a car. He is shown standing by the ''side'' of the car and uses a spring to catapult himself. The second one is when he shoots a pipe to have the steam inside it distract bad guys. A random man can ''clearly'' be seen sitting next to Dolph with a extinguisher and then using it.
* FakeNationality: Kenner is an American played by the Swedish Dolph Lundgren. The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Brandon Lee. Tia Carrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.

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* {{Blooper}}: There are at least two. The first one is when Dolph Lundgren's character jumps over a car. He is shown standing by the ''side'' of the car and uses a spring to catapult himself. The second one is when he shoots a pipe to have the steam inside it distract bad guys. A random man can ''clearly'' be seen sitting next to Dolph with a extinguisher and then using it.
* FakeNationality: Kenner is an American played by the Swedish Dolph Lundgren.Creator/DolphLundgren. The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Brandon Lee. Tia Carrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/RockyIV Ivan Drago]] and [[Film/TheCrow Eric Draven]] are working together to fight crime.
** [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Tatsu]] is [[BigBad Yoshida's]] [[TheDragon Dragon]].
** [[Film/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]] is the BigBad.
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** [[Film/{{Rocky}} Ivan Drago]] and [[Film/TheCrow Eric Draven]] are working together to fight crime.

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** [[Film/{{Rocky}} [[Film/RockyIV Ivan Drago]] and [[Film/TheCrow Eric Draven]] are working together to fight crime.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Film/Rocky}} Ivan Drago]] and [[TheCrow Eric Draven]] are working together to fight crime.

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Ivan Drago]] and [[TheCrow [[Film/TheCrow Eric Draven]] are working together to fight crime.



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** [[Film/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]] is the BigBad.
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** [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Tatsu]] is [[BigBad Yoshida's]] [[TheDragon Dragon]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Film/Rocky}} Ivan Drago]] and [[TheCrow Eric Draven]] are working together to fight crime.
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* FakeNationality: Kenner is an American played by the Swedish Dolph Lundgren. The Japanese American Murata, meanwhile, is played by Chinese American, Brandon Lee. Tia Carrere is Filipino-American, also depicting Japanese-American.
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* {{Blooper}}: There are at least two. The first one is when Dolph Lundgren's character jumps over a car. He is shown standing by the ''side'' of the car and uses a spring to catapult himself. The second one is when he shoots a pipe to have the steam inside it distract bad guys. A random man can ''clearly'' be seen sitting next to Dolph with a extinguisher and then using it.

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