Blue Tiger (1994)
- Starring:
- Virginia Madsen, Toru Nakamura, (more)
- Director(s):
- Norberto Barba
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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In this crime thriller, a hit man with the yakuza (Japanese Mafia) is in the midst of a public execution of the leader of a rival group when a woman named Gena Hayes (Virginia Madsen) happens by with her son. The child is killed in the crossfire, and Gena is determined to get revenge. About all she can remember about the killer is he had a blue tattoo of a tiger; after she asks several tattoo artists about it, she's unable to track down the shooter simply on the basis of his body art, but she ends up getting a similar tattoo herself. She gets a job as a cocktail waitress at a bar favored by members of the yakuza, and her tattoo catches the attention of Seiji (Toru Nakamura), a handsome gangster. Gena is interested in him as well, and a torrid romance develops, but she doesn't realize that her new lover is the same man who killed her son. Virginia Madsen's brother Michael Madsen makes a cameo appearance as a gun salesman. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 88 mins
Complete Cast:
- Virginia Madsen - Gena Hayes
- Dean Hallo - Henry Soames
- Sal Lopez - Luis
- Harry Dean Stanton - Smith
- Michael Madsen - Gun salesman (uncreditted)
- Toru Nakamura - Seiji
- Ryo Ishibashi - Gan
- Yuji Okumoto - Lt. Sakagami
- Henry Mortensen - Darin Hayes
- Director(s):
- Norberto Barba
- Writer(s):
- Joel Soisson
- Producer(s):
- Don Phillips, Joel Soisson, W.K. Border
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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