The Yakuza

The Yakuza

A man never forgets. A man pays his debts.

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Release Date

12/21/1974

Runtime

112 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$1,500,000

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A stylish 70s thriller that treats a kidnapping rescue as a meditation on honor and debts owed. It moves with deliberate tension as an aging private eye navigates the brutal code of the yakuza.

Mood

TenseMelancholicDefiant

Themes

Redemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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