A young woman discovers she’s a crime family heiress in “Yakuza Princess,” a grimy action-thriller set in the neon-drenched streets of São Paulo’s Japanese district. Adapted from Danilo Beyruth’s g…
as an amnesiac assassin, this well produced item still packs enough punch to satisfy undemanding action fans and should perform respectably when released in U.S. theaters and on VOD on Sept. 3.
Showing he means business right from the start, Amorim begins with the massacre of the Kawa crime family in Osaka, 1999, which left infant daughter Akemi as sole survivor. Now a young woman working a dead-end job at a São Paulo gift shop, Akemi has trained from the age of six in kendo, a modern martial art discipline with roots in centuries-old sword fighting styles.
Although this stranger has lost his memory and Akemi has no knowledge of her family’s history, old mobsters back in Osaka haven’t forgotten anything. After casually slaughtering a couple of goons while eating noodles, tough guy Takeshi heads to São Paulo. His mission, ostensibly, is to retrieve the sword and rub out Akemi, who’s just turned 21 and unknowingly inherited the Kawa crime family empire.
Masumi handles her action duties with aplomb. In a terrific early sequence showcasing her delightful voice and impressive fighting chops, Akemi flattens a trio of sleazy locals who make unwanted advances at a karaoke bar. But the newcomer is much less certain with challenging dramatic material. Several key scenes that should make audiences connect with Akemi and invest emotionally in her heroic journey are instead stiff, unconvincing and distancing.
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