City Hunter (1993) on Netflix
PG-1319931h 39mActionComedyRomance
Ryo Saeba, a womanizing private investigator, is hired to find the runaway daughter of a newspaper tycoon. His hunt takes him aboard the Fuji Maru, a cruise ship terrorists plan to hijack.
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Plot summary
Ryo Saeba, known as the City Hunter, is a private investigator whose assistant is Kaori Makimura. Her late brother Hideyuki made Ryo swear never to seduce her. Hired to find Kiyoko Imamura, the runaway daughter of a newspaper CEO, Ryo follows her trail to Hong Kong. Tired of his flirting, Kaori leaves the search and boards the luxury liner Fuji Maru with her cousin Rocky. Ryo sneaks aboard after her, not knowing Kiyoko is on the same ship. Also on board is police officer Saeko Nogami, working undercover with her assistant Kasumi Asou, and a band of terrorists commanded by Colonel MacDonald, an ex-US Special Forces man who means to seize the wealthy passengers.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about City Hunter (1993)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Street Fighter character in the film was renamed from "E. Honda" to "E. Honde" because Jackie Chan had a contract with Mitsubishi Motors at the time and Honda was the name of a rival company.
- A scene cut from the theatrical and LaserDisc releases, restored on later versions, has one of Kaori's suitors ranting about foreign tourists, meaning Richard Norton's band of terrorists, and hoping they die of AIDS in Chinese. Distributors removed it fearing foreign audiences would find it homophobic.
- Near the end of filming, stunt performer Mars doubled for Jackie Chan in shots of his final fight with Richard Norton, to save time on reshoots.
- Richard Norton and Gary Daniels said director Wong Jing worked without a set script, writing dialogue for the actors to ad-lib on the day of filming.
- The live-action City Hunter was made after a poll of Japanese Jackie Chan fans showed enthusiasm for him playing Ryo Saeba.
- Filming was mostly aboard a real cruise ship and on location in Hong Kong, with the final scene shot in Tokyo, but the ship's massive lounge was a set built at Shaw Brothers Studio.
