Watch The Yakuza (1975) Free Online

Release Date: 1975

Cast: Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman, Ken Takakura, Kyosuke Mashida, Robert Mitchum, James Shigeta, Brian Keith, Kishi Keiko, Richard Jordan

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Japanese Movies, Mystery, Gangster, Crime Thriller

The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir gangster film directed by Sydney Pollack, written by Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader, and Robert Towne. The Yakuza portrays the clash of traditional Japanese values during Japan's transition from the US occupation to economic success in the early 1970s. The story's themes are concepts of moral indebtedness and obligation, loyalty to family and friends, and sacrifice; Eastern and Western cultural values are contrasted, and classical Japanese tradition versus the modern, Westernized, tradition of contemporary Japan. Following a lacklustre initial release, the... MORE

The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir gangster film directed by Sydney Pollack, written by Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader, and Robert Towne. The Yakuza portrays the clash of traditional Japanese values during Japan's transition from the US occupation to economic success in the early 1970s. The story's themes are concepts of moral indebtedness and obligation, loyalty to family and friends, and sacrifice; Eastern and Western cultural values are contrasted, and classical Japanese tradition versus the modern, Westernized, tradition of contemporary Japan. Following a lacklustre initial release, the film gained a cult following. It is regarded as a significant film of the 1970s. This action film is noted for having an unusually intelligent plot, and for cultural depth. It also broke with the then Hollywood aversion to giving full roles to ethnic actors in casting Takakura Ken as a pivotal co-star character. Retired detective Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) is called upon by an old friend, George Tanner (Brian Keith). Tanner has been doing business with a yakuza gangster, Tono, who has taken Tanner's daughter and her boyfriend hostage to apply pressure in a business deal involving the sale of LESS