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The Yakuza(Movie, 1975)

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| 1h 52min | Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The YakuzaRating: 3.6/5 (with 7676 votes)
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. The film is about a retired American detective who returns to Japan after decades away in order to rescue his friend's daughter, kidnapped by the eponymous crime syndicate. ()
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About The Yakuza

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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Additional Information

Production countries: Japan, United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Tokyo
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Japanese (JA)
Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/19/1975 (World premiere: 12/21/1974)
Director: Sydney Pollack
Producer: Sydney Pollack
Film Editor: Don Guidice
Director of Photography: Kôzô Okazaki
Composer: Dave Grusin
Performer: Dave Grusin
Costume designer: Dorothy Jeakins
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Operação Yakuza"
"Yakuza - den hemmelige liga"
"Yakuza - samuraitten kirous"
"Yakusa"
"Brotherhood of the Yakuza"
"Jakuza"
"Yakuza - blodets brödraskap"
Keywords: mafia, yakuza, japan
Budget: 5,000,000 USD
Revenue: 1,500,000 USD (= 30%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:13005, Added: 02/19/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024