The Yakuza
“A man never forgets. A man pays his debts.”
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.
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Cast
18 people
Robert Mitchum
Harry Kilmer
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Out of the Past
Louis Chirillo
Louise
Ken Takakura
Tanaka Ken
Known for
Black Rain
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Eiji Okada
Tono
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Herb Edelman
Wheat
Known for
The Odd Couple
Barefoot in the Park
Richard Jordan
Dusty
Known for
Logan's Run
The Hunt for Red October
James Shigeta
Goro
Known for
Die Hard
Mulan
Keiko Kishi
Eiko
Known for
The Makioka Sisters
Early Spring
Christina Kokubo
Hanako
Known for
St. Elsewhere
Kyōsuke Machida
Kato
Also in
Wolf Guy
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Brian Keith
George Tanner
Known for
The Parent Trap
The Wind and the Lion
Eiji Gō
Spider
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
Sydney Pollack Director · Paul Schrader Screenplay Robert Towne Screenplay
Director
Sydney Pollack
Screenplay
Paul Schrader
Screenplay
Robert Towne
Story
Leonard Schrader
Composer
Dave Grusin
Cinematographer
Duke Callaghan
Cinematographer
Kōzō Okazaki
Editor
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
Thomas Stanford
Editor
Don Guidice
Production designer
Stephen B. Grimes
Costume designer
Dorothy Jeakins
Worldwide gross $1.5M · Budget $5M · United States release March 19, 1975
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Toei Company
Production
United States · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 21, 1974
Theatrical
United States · March 19, 1975
Theatrical
Czechia
December 1, 1994 · Physical
Germany
August 28, 1975 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 17, 1975 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 21, 1974 · Theatrical
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