Yakuza (1974)
La Yakuza es una mafia japonesa cuyo origen se remonta al siglo XVII. Utiliza los mismos métodos que las mafias occidentales y, como ellas, controla los negocios más turbios: la prostitución, el blanqueo de dinero, el contrabando, etc. Después de la Revolución Meijí (1868), que supuso la occidentalización del Japón, muchos samuráis pasaron a engrosar las filas de esta organización. Harry Kilman, un hombre que formó parte de las tropas de ocupación estadounidenses en Japón, vuelve a este país para ayudar a un amigo cuya hija ha sido secuestrada.
Directora:
Sydney Pollack
Escritores:
Robert Towne, Paul Schrader.
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Robert Mitchum as Harry Kilmer |
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高倉健 as Tanaka Ken |
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岡田英次 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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岸恵子 as Eiko |
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Christina Kokubo as Hanako |
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待田京介 as Kato |
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Brian Keith as George Tanner |
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郷鍈治 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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汐路章 as |
| Writing | Robert Towne | Screenplay |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Leonard Schrader | Story |
| Editing | Don Guidice | Editor |
| Directing | Sydney Pollack | Director |
| Writing | Paul Schrader | Screenplay |
| Editing | Thomas Stanford | Editor |
| Production | Sydney Pollack | Producer |
| Camera | 岡崎宏三 | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Richard Parker | Special Effects |
| Sound | Basil Fenton-Smith | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Bill Saito | Stunts |
| Production | Michael Hamilburg | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Jeakins | Costume Design |
| Directing | Stephen B. Grimes | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Yoshiyuki Ishida | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Morris | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Arthur Piantadosi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Fredric Steinkamp | Editor |
| Art | Stephen B. Grimes | Production Design |
| Sound | Ed Scheid | Sound Effects Designer |
| Camera | Duke Callaghan | Director of Photography |