Featured Characters:

• Punisher (Frank Castle) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Jake Berkowitz (First appearance)
• Sam Leary (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Gianni Franco (First appearance; dies)
• Lady Tanaka (First appearance; dies)
• Dino Moretti (First appearance; dies)
• Tanaka (First appearance; dies)
• Sato (First appearance; dies)
• Tomio (First appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Tommy Franco (First appearance)
• Shake (First appearance)
• Terrone (First appearance)
• Julie Castle (Only in flashback) (Death)
• Felice Castle (Only in flashback) (Death)
• Annie Castle (Only in flashback) (Death)
• Batman (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth-58627

Items:

• Punisher's Arsenal

• Dolph Lundgren as Punisher (Frank Castle)
• Louis Gossett, Jr. as Jake Berkowitz
• Jeroen Krabbe as Gianni Franco
• Nancy Everhard as Sam Leary
• Kim Miyori as Lady Tanaka
• Bryan Marshall as Dino Moretti
• Barry Otto as Shake
• Brian Rooney as Tommy Franco
• Zoshka Mizak as Tanaka's adoptive daughter
• Kenji Yamaki as Sato
• Hirofumi Kanayama as Tomio
• Todd Boyce as Terrone
• Lani John Tupu as Laccone

• Additional taglines were:
  • If you're innocent, he's just the protection you want...and all the protection you need. But if you're guilty, he gives no warning...and shows no mercy.
  • If society won't punish the guilty, he will.
  • Judge. Jury. Executioner. All in a day's work.
  • The guilty will be punished
• The Punisher was partially well received by fans and critics, scoring a 28% at Rotten Tomatoes,^[1] a reviewing movie site.
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Hardcover Vol 4 officially named the world the movie's events take place in as Earth-58627.
• The film was adapted into a comic, Punisher Movie Special #1, in 1990.

• Released as Direct-to-video in US and some non-US, and some outside US as theatrical release.
• One of the biggest complaints of this movie was that Frank Castle did not wear his trademark skull shirt.^{[citation needed]} Rather, he used daggers with a tiny skull on the pommel.
• During a quick flashback sequence, Frank Castle's daughters are seen wearing Spider-Man-themed shirts.