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