Watch: The Yakuza 1974 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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….
Plot: 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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The Godfather Japanese Style
The Yakuza introduced we occidentals to the term the Japanese use for their various crime families. Probably after the wide acceptance of both the Godfather films, the American public was ready to see what organized crime looked like in another culture.La Cosa Nostra, the Mafia, all those phrases we use for Italian organized crime certainly had their rituals and traditions. But as we learn in watching this film they have nothing on the Yakuza.
Robert Mitchum plays a private detective who works both sides of the law back in the states and he’s hired by crime boss Brian Keith to rescue his daughter who was kidnapped by one of the Yakuza crime families in lieu of a shipment of weapons Keith was supposed to deliver. Coming along with him is young Richard Jordan whose father was a friend of both Mitchum and Keith as backup.
The mission is accomplished, but Mitchum and Jordan find the situation is a whole lot more complex than they were led to believe. In addition Mitchum gets involved with an old girl friend from the days when he was a military policeman during the postwar American occupation. She’s the key to getting help from a former Yakuza member in their quest.
The American actors perform well here and oriental players James Shigeta and Japanese film star Takakura Ken are well cast as feuding Yakuza brothers. You will not question why Takakura Ken is known as the Japanese Clint Eastwood after seeing The Yakuza.
Director Sydney Pollack shows a real reverence and respect for the traditions of another culture. The Yakuza is both entertaining and informative and should not be missed.
This was a fairly average movie with a great premise and ending.
The Yakuza (1974) is a movie I recently watched for the first time on HBOMAX. The storyline follows a private detective with a history in Japan that has been hired to rescue a kidnapped girl from the yakuza. He will leverage his old relationships in Japan to try and maneuver his way into the yakuza, find the girl and bring her home.This movie was directed by Sydney Pollack (Tootsie) and stars Robert Mitchum (The Night of the Hunter), Ken Takakura (Black Rain), James Shigeta (Die Hard), Brian Keith (Young Guns) and Richard Jordan (Logan’s Run).
The cast in this is pretty awesome, though Mitchum and his dialogue was a bit stiff and cliché at times. The storyline was kind of bland and drags in places. The love story elements unfold well and the ending was tremendous and the best part of the movie…it just feels like it takes forever to get there.
This was a fairly average movie with a great premise and ending. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend seeing it once.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 52 min (112 min), 2 hr 3 min (123 min) (Japan), 1 hr 47 min (107 min) (UK), 1 hr 52 min (112 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Crime, Drama
Director Sydney Pollack
Writer Paul Schrader, Robert Towne, Leonard Schrader
Actors Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith
Country Japan, United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman 100T 5254)
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm