The Yakuza (1974)
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.
Director:
Sydney Pollack
Writers:
Paul Schrader, Robert Towne.
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Robert Mitchum as Harry Kilmer |
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Ken Takakura as Tanaka Ken |
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Eiji Okada as Tono |
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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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Keiko Kishi as Eiko |
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Christina Kokubo as Hanako |
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Kyōsuke Machida as Kato |
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Brian Keith as George Tanner |
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Eiji Gō as Spider |
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Lee Chirillo as Louise |
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M. Hisaka as Boyfriend |
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William Ross as Tanner's Guard |
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Akiyama as Tono's Guard |
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Harada as Goro's Doorman |
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Akira Shioji as |
| Writing | Paul Schrader | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leonard Schrader | Story |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Thomas Stanford | Editor |
| Directing | Sydney Pollack | Director |
| Production | Sydney Pollack | Producer |
| Writing | Robert Towne | Screenplay |
| Editing | Don Guidice | Editor |
| Camera | Kōzō Okazaki | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Richard Parker | Special Effects |
| Crew | Bill Saito | Stunts |
| Sound | Basil Fenton-Smith | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Michael Hamilburg | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Assistant Director |
| Art | Stephen B. Grimes | Production Design |
| Art | Yoshiyuki Ishida | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Jeakins | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Morris | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Stephen B. Grimes | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Arthur Piantadosi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ed Scheid | Sound Effects Designer |
| Editing | Fredric Steinkamp | Editor |
| Camera | Duke Callaghan | Director of Photography |