Yakuza Princess 2021

Every sword has a story.

6.181 / 10   196 vote(s)
R
Action Thriller

In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a gaijin (foreigner) who's been protecting her all this time, Shirô, may have been actually sent to kill her.

Homepage https://www.yakuzaprincessfilm.com
Release Date 2021-08-26
Runtime 1h 52m
Directors Vicente Amorim, Gustavo Hadba, João Thomaz Londres, Marina Watson-Wood
Producers Tubaldini Shelling, Nate Bolotin, Todd Brown, Brent Travers, David Atlan Jackson, Andre Skaf
Writers Danilo Beyruth, Fernando Toste, Kimi Howl Lee, Tubaldini Shelling, Vicente Amorim

It’s a shame that Yakuza Princess is as lousy as it is since it has quite a few elements of a solid action thriller going for it. It boils down to feeling like the audience doesn’t get to see enough action in a so-called respectable entry in the genre though. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is one helicopter dick sequence away from being totally awesome in this and taking on the yakuza usually results in something memorable. Unfortunately, Yakuza Princess is carried by a lead star that just doesn’t have enough experience. If there was any sort of fight choreography, it is utterly annihilated by the film’s poor editing. A cool concept and a strong supporting actor aren’t enough to make a sloppy and amateurish action film with very few thrills worthwhile.

Full review: https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Fantasia-Yakuza-Princess-Review

Chris Sawin