
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...... (Full plot summary below)
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Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...
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| StarburstLuke SpaffordThe Yakuza is old-school in its delivery, the pacing is slow, but stay with it and you will be rewarded with a payoff that is both startling and touching. |
| CinapseEd TravisMatching an aged and rugged Robert Mitchum with ultimate Japanese gangster actor Ken Takakura, The Yakuza is, frankly, a piece of masculine cinematic heaven. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole Smithey"The Yakuza" is a beautifully flawed film that nonetheless catches you off guard when you least expect it. |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. PuccioThe movie is not your routine shoot-'em-up action adventure but an intricate weaving of people, conventions, and personal relationships. |
| Parallax ViewRichard T. Jameson... Sydney Pollack ... manifests as much mythic sense as a mill foreman. |
| VarietyVariety StaffA confused and diffused film which bites off more than it can artfully chew. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA superior action movie, but all the same, it's for audiences that have grown accustomed over the last few years to buckets of blood, disembowelments and severed hands flying through the air. |
| User ReviewStephane MOne of my all-time favourites - though you probably need to be a japanophile to appreciate it. And ut's always a pleasure to watch anything with Ken Takakura in. |
| User ReviewSias J'n Amazing ganster film, nogal van regisseur Sydney Pollack. Robert Mitchum is 'n Amerikaanse lyfwag wat kragte saamspan met Ken Takkakura ('n eks Yakuza-lid). Die fliek wag rustig dat die drama opbou. Wanneer die aksie ontplof is dit die klimaks waarvoor jy gewag het. 'n Amerikaanse vegter my sy dubbelloop haalgeweer aan die sy van 'n Japanese vegter met sy Katana swaard. Hoekom Sydney Pollack nie bekend is vir hierdie film nie sal ek nie weet nie. |
| User ReviewKonrad RBest modern takes on the yakuza way and how it influences western society |