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The Yakuza

Cast

Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith, Herb Edelman View All


Crew

Paul Schrader (Screenplay), Sydney Pollack (Director), Robert Towne (Screenplay), Leonard Schrader (Story) View All

Release: Dec. 21st, 1974
Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.
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Iroquois
Screenwriters Paul Schrader and Robert Towne have written some classic films before and since, and while that same storytelling magic doesn't quite translate here, the effort that's been put into accurately depicting Yakuza culture and codes of honour is put to good narrative effect, especially in t....


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