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The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Brian Keith. The screenplay by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne is from a story by Schrader's brother, Leonard Schrader .
Mar 19, 1975 · Robert Mitchum stars as a private-eye who tries to save his friend's daughter from the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia. The film features Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada and other Japanese actors, and was directed by Sydney Pollack.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Sydney Pollack
- 1975-03-19
A classic action thriller starring Robert Mitchum as a former cop who helps his friend in Japan. Read the critics' ratings and comments, watch the trailer, and rent or buy the movie online.
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- Sydney Pollack
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- Robert Mitchum
- Jeremy Urquhart
- Uma Thurman
- Quentin Tarantino
- 'Fireworks' (1997) Director: Takeshi Kitano. Standing as perhaps the definitive Takeshi Kitano yakuza movie, Fireworks is also up there with the very best movies of the 1990s, and understandably gets held up as one of the filmmaker’s best efforts.
- 'Graveyard of Honor' (2002) Director: Takashi Miike. 2002's Graveyard of Honor may technically be a remake of the 1975 film of the same name, but it has more than enough differences to make it worth watching alongside the original.
- 'Graveyard of Honor' (1975) Director: Kinji Fukasaku. 1975's Graveyard of Honor was directed by Kinji Fukasaku, who immediately before the release of this film had directed the first five Battles Without Honor and Humanity movies.
- The original 'Battles Without Honor and Humanity' series (1973-1974) Director: Kinji Fukasaku. It's hard to mention great yakuza movies without bringing up the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series (sometimes known as the Yakuza Papers series).
A classic yakuza movie starring Robert Mitchum and Ken Takakura as two former enemies who team up to rescue a kidnapped girl. The film is violent, but also features a poignant reunion scene and a friendship between the two men.
A private investigator returns to Japan to rescue his friend's kidnapped daughter from the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia. He forms a bond with a master swordsman who is his friend's brother and his lover, and faces a deadly showdown with the Yakuza boss.
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Jun 2, 2015 · Brief Synopsis. Trying to help a kidnapped girl puts a private eye on the wrong side of the Yakuza.
