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The Yakuza
starring: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith, Herb Edelman, Richard Jordan
directed by: Sydney Pollack

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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569753150
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 15039
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1975-03

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Description:
From Academy Award-winning director Sidney Pollack ('The Firm,' 'Absence of Malice') comes this suspenseful adventure about a Harry Kilmer (Oscar-nominee Robert Mitchum, 'Cape Fear'), an American man determined to rescue his employer's kidnapped daughter from the Japanese mafia in Kyoto. Written by Paul Schrader ('Taxi Driver,' 'Raging Bull') and Acadamy Award-winner Robert Towne ('Chinatown,' 'Tequila Sunrise'). 'Dazzling displays of swordplay,' praises Newsweek, while Rex Reed proclaims this 'an exciting, riveting, totally original motion picture.'

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Complex to the point of being pleasingly convoluted, this Sydney Pollack film (from a terrific script by Robert Towne and Leonard and Paul Schrader) is an intriguing blend of Western and Asian sensibilities. Mitchum, in one of his best roles of the 1970s, is drawn to the Orient by an army buddy (Brian Keith), whose daughter has been kidnapped. But when he gets to Japan, Mitchum finds that her kidnappers are the shadowy Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia--an organization that is as vicious as it is tradition-bound. He must call on friends he made after World War II for favors and finds himself unintentionally trampling on issues of honor, even as he battles for his life and that of the girl he is seeking. Surprisingly heartfelt and deliciously exciting, the film features a sorrowful performance by Mitchum and a stoically touching one by Ken Takakura. And what great samurai swordplay! --Marshall Fine

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Good - but not so much.
I like certain elements of this film, however, this movie moves at a rather slow pace and some of it is more than a little bit cheesy. It does have a good tone and setting. Ken Takakura is great in this movie. I am a Robert Mitchum fan (Out of the Past is one of my all-time favorite movies) but, although he is ok in this movie, this is not his finest hour by far. That being said, if you can get this movie for less than 10 bucks it would be worth your time.

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- wow! I'd give it 10 stars.... Brilliant movie.
I am really puzzled as to how i could have possibly overlooked such a classic movie all these years. After a long time, i have seen a movie that has really overwhelmed me like this one.

The Yakuza tells the story of Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) a PI, who goes to Tokyo to get back his friend Tanner's daughter from the Yakuza. The Yakuza had kidnapped the girl as a part of a financial deal gone wrong between Tanner and Tono Toshiro, one of the Yakuza oyabun(boss)
To do so, Harry instills the help of Tanaka Ken (played by the amazing Ken Takakura) , an ex-Yakuza, whose sister Eiko is loved by Harry, but due to certain circumstances Eiko cannot reciprocate his love to Harry and does not agree to marry him. The rest of the story involves a very heart wrenching plot twist and an ending that will leave you in tears. It explores in great detail, the interpretation of giri, what it means to the Japanese ... Read More

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- top notch action, thriller...a pure gem..
A gem of a film, made in 1975, directed by Sydney Pollack. Robert Mitchum is superb as a retired PI going back to Japan in post WWII. Mitchum and his buddy who he is doing a favor for (Brian Keith) were MP's in Japan during the post-war occupation. When an arms deal with a Japanese syndicate boss goes awry, Brian Keith's daughter is kidnapped and Mitchum goes to see if he can find her. He enlists the help of the brother of his ex-love. The plot is thick, the action intense in this superb film. It is full of conflict between East and West culture but the intrigue never slacks off and builds up to an amazing conclusion. One twist after another builds up the suspense with some jaw dropping revelations and great action. Highly recommended. Takakura Ken is superb.

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- Vintage Mitchum in Japan
This belongs in Robert Mitchum's filmography as one of the best films he did in his later years. Granted he went back to the westerns that he did in his earlier years with little success, this genre-breaking off beat film noir reestablished his flagging film career for a long while longer. Along with "The Friends of Eddie Coyle", Big Mitch could still show us he had the vinegar to be a fine film actor. Definitely recommended for Mitchum fans and action buffs, Mitchum blends well with Japanese superstar, Ken Tarakura, who would later star in another noir film, "Black Rain". But this is the better of the two thanks to sensitive direction by Sidney Pollack and a great script by the Schrader brothers.

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