« The rest of Yakuza Princess isn't as thrilling. Feet are dragged, throats are cleared, and some blood is spilled, though only after some more goofy dialogue like "The katana has found you. You and it are one now, as you are meant to be. Go, now. Your life depends on it." I don't know what the Japanese residents of São Paulo are like, but "Yakuza Princess" suggests they aren't very particular. »
« Dans le rôle-titre, la chanteuse Masumi fait des débuts prometteurs, habilement secondée par l'acteur irlandais Jonathan Rhys Meyers, crédible dans le rôle pourtant invraisemblable d'un "gaijin" américain à la fois amnésique et sûr de lui. »