Movie
The Yakuza
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-12-21
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Toei Company
- Country
- United States of America, Japan
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Harry Kilmer
- Ken Takakura as Tanaka Ken
- Eiji Okada as Tono
- Herb Edelman as Wheat
- Richard Jordan as Dusty
- James Shigeta as Goro
- Keiko Kishi as Eiko
- Christina Kokubo as Hanako
- Kyōsuke Machida as Kato
- Brian Keith as George Tanner
- Eiji Gō as Spider
- Lee Chirillo as Louise
Crew
- Sydney Pollack - Director
- Paul Schrader - Screenplay
- Robert Towne - Screenplay
- Leonard Schrader - Story
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