The Yakuza (1974)
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50% of critics liked it
(10 reviews) -
75% of users liked it
(1,609 ratings)
Between making They Way We Were and Three Days of The Condor, Sydney Pollack directed this little-seen thriller from a script by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne. The Yakuza stars Robert Mitchum as Harry Kilmer, a former soldier who returns to Japan to help rescue the daughter of his friend George… More Between making They Way We Were and Three Days of The Condor, Sydney Pollack directed this little-seen thriller from a script by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne. The Yakuza stars Robert Mitchum as Harry Kilmer, a former soldier who returns to Japan to help rescue the daughter of his friend George Tanner (Brian Keith). Once he arrives in the country, Kilmer discovers that the daughter has been kidnapped by the Japanese mafia, called the Yakuza. In order to battle the ruthless organized crime outfit and save the girl, Kilmer finds himself left with few options and reluctantly enlists the help of his old nemesis, Tanaka (Ken Takakura). The film was later re-titled The Brotherhood of the Yakuza and was originally shown in a 123-minute cut. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sydney Pollack
- Written By
- Paul Schrader, Robert Towne
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 19, 1975 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
A confused and diffused film which bites off more than it can artfully chew.
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, Time Out
The final show-down is one not to be missed.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A superior action movie, but all the same, it's for audiences that have grown accustomed over the last few years to buckets of blood, disembowelments and severed hands flying through the air.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Unsettling, but ultimately unsatisfying.
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Paul Brenner, Filmcritic.com
has one leg is still straddling the Think Fast Mr. Moto era.
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Cast
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Robert Mitchum
as Harry Kilmer
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Ken Takakura
as Ken Tanaka
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Brian Keith
as George Tanner
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Herb Edelman
as Wheat
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Richard Jordan
as Dusty
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James Shigeta
as Goro
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Christina Kokubo
as Hanako
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Denis Akiyama
as Tono's Bodyguard
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Lee Chitillo
as Louise Tanner
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Go Eiji
as Spider
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Harada
as Goro's Doorman
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M. Hisaka
as Boyfriend
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Keiko Kishi
as Tanaka Eiko
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Kyosuke Mashida
as Kato Jiro
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Eiji Okada
as Tono Toshiro
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William Ross
as Tanner's Bodyguard
