Film · 1974

The Yakuza

Name: The Yakuza
Director: Sydney Pollack
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1974-12-21
Rating: 7.1

112 min · Directed by Sydney Pollack · R

Crime Drama Thriller

7.1213
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A man never forgets. A man pays his debts.

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.

Cast

Robert Mitchum

Harry Kilmer

Ken Takakura

Tanaka Ken

Eiji Okada

Tono

Herb Edelman

Wheat

Richard Jordan

Dusty

James Shigeta

Goro

Keiko Kishi

Eiko

Christina Kokubo

Hanako

Kyōsuke Machida

Kato

Brian Keith

George Tanner

Eiji Gō

Spider

L

Lee Chirillo

Louise

M

M. Hisaka

Boyfriend

W

William Ross

Tanner's Guard

A

Akiyama

Tono's Guard

H

Harada

Goro's Doorman

Akira Shioji

Crew

Director: Sydney Pollack
Producer: Sydney Pollack, Michael Hamilburg
Writer: Robert Towne, Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader
Editor: Don Guidice, Thomas Stanford, Fredric Steinkamp
Cinematography: Kōzō Okazaki, Duke Callaghan
Production Design: Stephen B. Grimes
Art Direction: Yoshiyuki Ishida
Composer: Dave Grusin
Sound: Arthur Piantadosi
Costume: Dorothy Jeakins
Makeup: Gary Morris

Details

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Toei Company
Countries: United States of America, Japan
Languages: English, Japanese
Certification: R
Release: December 21, 1974

Themes

japankidnappingyakuzamafia

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