The Yakuza

Name: The Yakuza
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1974-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.13

About The Yakuza

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.

The Yakuza (1974) is a crime thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack. Its themes are mafia, yakuza, kidnapping, and japan.

Robert Mitchum appears as Harry Kilmer, Ken Takakura as Tanaka Ken, Eiji Okada as Tono, and Herb Edelman as Wheat. It runs 112 minutes and was released in December 1974.

The screenplay is by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne.

The Street Fighter, Crows Zero, and Kill Bill: Vol. 1 make useful companions to The Yakuza. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 230 votes and it carries a R rating.