Yakuza Princess 2021

Overview

Yakuza Princess is a 2021 action thriller film directed by Vicente Amorim and Alice Gomez. The story is set in Brazil and follows a woman named Akemi who discovers that she is the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Following this revelation, her life descends into a cycle of violence and mystery. Akemi finds herself in a position where she must forge an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger who believes that an ancient sword binds their two fates together. This stranger, known as Shirô, is a gaijin who has been protecting Akemi, though she faces the possibility that he may have been sent to kill her. As the heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate, Akemi must unleash a war against the other half of the organization that seeks her death. The film stars Masumi and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, with additional cast members including Tsuyoshi Ihara and Eijiro Ozaki. The production was acquired for worldwide rights by XYZ Films and carries a runtime of one hour and fifty-two minutes.