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The Yakuza
Duration:
Japan:123 min | UK:107 min | USA:112 min
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Sydney Pollack
Details
Country: USA
Filming Locations: California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Richard Jordan
Richard Jordan
The Yakuza
Robert Mitchum
Harry Kilmer
Ken Takakura
Tanaka Ken (as Takakura Ken)
Brian Keith
George Tanner
Herb Edelman
Wheat
Keiko Kishi
Eiko (as Kishi Keiko)
Eiji Okada
Tono (as Okada Eiji)
James Shigeta
Goro
Kyôsuke Machida
Kato
Christina Kokubo
Hanako
Eiji Gô
Spider (as Go Eiji)
Lee Chirillo
Louise
M. Hisaka
Boyfriend
William Ross
Tanner's Guard
Akiyama
Tono's Guard
Harada
Goro's Doorman
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Trivia
This script sold for $300,000 which was the highest amount ever paid for a script at the time.
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The gambling game played by the Yakuza in the film is Tehonbiki.
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On the U.S. prints, the credits list the Japanese names in the Japanese format with the surname first followed by the given name.
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Goofs
The boom mic is clearly visible in one scene when Oliver Wheat grabs his cat while telling the story of Eiko to Dusty, the mic appears behind the table and is retracted as Wheat advances.
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Quotes
Goro: Ken is a tormented man. It is Eiko, of course, but it is also Japan. Ken is a relic, a leftover of another age, of another country.
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Dusty: That guy doesn't like you.
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Eiko Tanaka: Did you speak to Ken?
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