Into the Sun is a 2005 American action thriller film directed by Christopher "mink" Morrison. It stars Steven Seagal, who also produced and co-wrote the film, along with Matthew Davis, Takao Osawa, Eddie George, Juliette Marquis, Ken Lo, and William Atherton. Filmed and set in Tokyo, Seagal plays a CIA operative who becomes embroiled a conflict between the Japanese Yakuza and the Chinese Triads.
The film was theatrically released in Japan, but only went direct-to-DVD in the United States.
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Plot
The assassination of Tokyo's governor Takayama causes a stir of public outrage in Tokyo, Japan. Upon hearing news of the incident, the U.S. FBI asks the CIA's Tokyo office to investigate the killing, believing it to be linked to the yakuza. The Japanese branch of the CIA starts sniffing around under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security. CIA agent Travis Hunter and his rookie FBI agent understudy Sean Mack are assigned to work on the case and to track down the perpetrators. During their work, Mack proves to be primarily a distraction to Hunter, especially as he is neither very knowledgeable about CIA procedures nor Japanese customs. Hunter, on the other hand, having been raised in Japan, has a strong understanding of the yakuza and their mysterious, eccentric and sinister ways.
Hunter and Mack discover a plan by Kuroda, the boss of a new yakuza outfit, to build an enormous drug-dealing network using his export company in cahoots with a Chinese Triad outfit leader named Chen. Kuroda is killing everyone who gets in his way. While reviewing security footage of the assassination, Hunter identifies a medallion seen around the neck of the shooter that links Kuroda to being the mastermind of the governor's assassination. As Hunter has been told that Kojima, the second-in-command of an old school yakuza group run by elderly Oyabun Ishikawa, is the only yakuza player who is capable of defeating Kuroda, Hunter turns to him for help. When they speak, Kojima tells Hunter that the new yakuza have gained more power after joining forces with the Triads, and are ready to eliminate any other yakuza gang. Kojima then reveals that he and Hunter have something in common - permanently getting rid of Kuroda, adding that it will be interesting to see which one of them kills him first.
