Punisher (1989)

The Punisher is a 1989 film that; was released on October 5, 1989.
==Synopsis==
5 years ago, detective Jake Berkowitz's partner, Frank Castle and his family were assassinated in a mafia car bombing and since that tragic day, 125 criminals have been slain by a psychotic killer; who calls himself the "Punisher" and Jake has been following the Punisher's trail since. Nobody knows; who the Punisher is and why he has killed these criminals.
The only one; who know the true identity of the Punisher is that; Jake knows that; the Punisher is Frank. As the Punisher, Frank has begun his personal crusade to punish criminals and to punish those responsible for his family's assassination, and he lives in the sewers beneath the streets of the city. After Frank kills his latest victim, mobster Dino Moretti. The head of the Franco crime family, Gianni Franco decides to unite the other crime families to form a powerful criminal organization.
But the head of the Yakuza, Hideko Tanaka abducts Gianni's son, Tommy Franco and the children of the other members of the Franco crime family, and holds them hostage and threatens to sell them to child slave traders, if Franco and his associates refuses to cooperate, and agrees to her demands. After demolishing the Yakuza's illegal casino, Frank learns from his informant, Shake, a stage actor turned alcoholic bum about the children's abduction and Frank sets out to rescue the children.
After Frank is captured and tortured by the Yakuza, but manages to escape and frees the children, Frank is arrested and is forced to stand trial for his ongoing killing spree. But Gianni frees Frank from police custody and demands Frank to help him break into Yakuza headquarters and help him get back Tommy, and Frank reluctantly forms a temporary alliance with Gianni and they set off to rescue Tommy, and take down Hideko and the Yakuza.
==Plot==
==Cast==
*Bryan Marshall as Dino Moretti
*Barry Otto as Shake
*Brian Rooney as Tommy Franco
*Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle/Punisher
*Hirofumi Kanayama as Tomio
*Jeroen Krabbé as Gianni Franco
*John Negroponte as Musso
*Kim Miyori as Hideko Tanaka/Lady Tanaka
*Kenji Yamaki as Sato
*Louis Gossett, Jr. as Jake Berkowitz
*Larry McCormick as tv newsreader
*Lani John Tupu as Laccone
*Nancy Everhard as Sam Leary
*Todd Boyce as Terrone
*Zoshka Mizak as Hideko Tanaka's adoptive daughter
==Trivia==
*The 1989 film, the Punisher is based on the Marvel character; .
*The Punisher is one of the oldest Marvel films in existence.
==Gallery==
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==Also see==
*Punisher
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Category:Non-Marvel Universe films