After the assassination of Tokyo's juvenile by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief (William Atherton) to get Tokyo puts a call to a representative (Steven Seagal) that had been increased in Japan and trained by ex-Yakuza. With his former ties,'' he quickly determines a war is brewing between old-guard Yakuza members and also a , crazed leader (Takao Osawa) with ties to the Chinese Tong.