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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569753150
Feature: From Academy Award-winning director Sidney Pollack ("The Firm," "Absence of Malice") comes this suspenseful adventure about a Harry Kilmer (Oscar-nominee Robert Mitchum, "Cape Fear"), an American man determined to rescue his employer's kidnapped daughter from the Japanese mafia in Kyoto. Written by Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull") and Acadamy Award-winner Robert Towne ("Chinatown ," "T
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0JapaneseOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0SpanishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitledPortugueseSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D75315D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Running Time: 112 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1975-03
Features:- From Academy Award-winning director Sidney Pollack ("The Firm," "Absence of Malice") comes this suspenseful adventure about a Harry Kilmer (Oscar-nominee Robert Mitchum, "Cape Fear"), an American man determined to rescue his employer's kidnapped daughter from the Japanese mafia in Kyoto. Written by Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull") and Acadamy Award-winner Robert Towne ("Chinatown ," "T
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From Academy Award-winning director Sidney Pollack ("The Firm" "Absence of Malice") comes this suspenseful adventure about a Harry Kilmer (Oscar-nominee Robert Mitchum "Cape Fear") an American man determined to rescue his employer's kidnapped daughter from the Japanese mafia in Kyoto. Written by Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver" "Raging Bull") and Acadamy Award-winner Robert Towne ("Chinatown " "Tequila Sunrise"). "Dazzling displays of swordplay" praises Newsweek while Rex Reed proclaims this "an exciting riveting totally original motion picture."Running Time: 112 min.System Requirements:Run Time: 112 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 012569753150 Manufacturer No: 75315
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Complex to the point of being pleasingly convoluted, this Sydney Pollack film (from a terrific script by Robert Towne and Leonard and Paul Schrader) is an intriguing blend of Western and Asian sensibilities. Mitchum, in one of his best roles of the 1970s, is drawn to the Orient by an army buddy (Brian Keith), whose daughter has been kidnapped. But when he gets to Japan, Mitchum finds that her kidnappers are the shadowy Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia--an organization that is as vicious as it is tradition-bound. He must call on friends he made after World War II for favors and finds himself unintentionally trampling on issues of honor, even as he battles for his life and that of the girl he is seeking. Surprisingly heartfelt and deliciously exciting, the film features a sorrowful performance by Mitchum and a stoically touching one by Ken Takakura. And what great samurai swordplay! --Marshall Fine
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The Yakuza (1974) is a superb west meets east crime drama, set in Japan involving the shadowy organized crime hierarchy known as the Yakuza. Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) served in the army in postwar Japan, and is returning to the land of the rising sun, for the first time in over twenty years, to help his old army buddy George Tanner (Brian Keith), recover his kidnapped daughter.
Today, many Americans are familiar with some elements of the Japanese culture, like martial arts, ninjas, ... Read More
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Great movie, with a deep storyline but not too difficult to follow. If you are interested in organized crime movies mixed in with a little culture. If you are a gamer i suggest also lokking at the Playstation 2 games of Yakuza and Yakuza 2 as a compliment for the movie.
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A Masterpiece. One of the best films of all time. Pollack captures an authentic view of real Japanese culture while mixing in the American influence. Deep, genuine and moving. Unbelievably well done for both sides of the ocean. A must see and a must have.
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"The Yakuza" is one of those slow introductory films that seems like it will be pure melodrama, but then dramatically turns into full-fledged action served with a side of revenge. Director Sydney Pollack has no fears of educating the nondescript viewer into the world of Japanese culture, specifically that of the renowned Yakuza. Robert Mitchum is our lead, as we travel into Japan to help a friend, reunite with family, and eventually bring down a whole slew of gangsters. This film begins like a simple ... Read More
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Sydney Pollack's 'The Yakuza' is simply one of the best "gangster" films ever produced, made more complex, resonant, and distinctive by it's examination of and immersion in the unique and complex culture of Japan, both ancient and modern, and the rigid moral code of its organized criminal clans.
The film also benefits hugely by being made on location in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, and by the fine performances of the marvelous Japanese actors in the cast, especially Keiko Kishi, a much-respected ... Read More
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