''Blue Tiger'' is a 1994 American

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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Plot

Gina Hayes is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, while shopping with him for a Halloween mask, her son is accidentally shot through the chest by a Japanese gunman who is trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gina notices that the gunman has a picture of a blue tiger tattooed on his chest. She becomes obsessed with vengeance and has an identical red tiger etched into her skin. She then tracks down the killer and plots his death. This leads her into the world of the Japanese Mafia, where she uses her sexual allure and newfound knowledge of the Japanese language to search the tattooed men for the same blue tiger bearer that killed her son.

Cast

as Gina Hayes * Toru Nakamura as Seiji *

as Gan *

as Lieutenant Sakagami *

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as Smith * Francois Chau as Soya *

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as Gun Salesman

References

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* * * 1994 films 1994 action thriller films American action thriller films Japanese action thriller films American films about revenge Yakuza films American films about Halloween Films with screenplays by Joel Soisson 1990s American films 1990s Japanese films {{action-thriller-film-stub