The Yakuza

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Robert Mitchum

Harry Kilmer

Ken Takakura

Tanaka Ken

Eiji Okada

Tono

Herb Edelman

Wheat

Richard Jordan

Dusty

James Shigeta

Goro

Keiko Kishi

Eiko

Christina Kokubo

Hanako

Kyōsuke Machida

Kato

Brian Keith

George Tanner

Eiji Gō

Spider

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Lee Chirillo

Louise

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M. Hisaka

Boyfriend

William Ross

Tanner's Guard

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Akiyama

Tono's Guard

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Harada

Goro's Doorman

Akira Shioji

Crew

Art

• Yoshiyuki Ishida Art Direction
• Stephen B. Grimes Production Design

Camera

• Kōzō Okazaki Director of Photography
• Duke Callaghan Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Dorothy Jeakins Costume Design
• Gary Morris Makeup Artist

Crew

• Richard Parker Special Effects
• Bill Saito Stunts

Directing

• Sydney Pollack Director
• Michael D. Moore Assistant Director
• Stephen B. Grimes Second Unit Director

Editing

• Don Guidice Editor
• Thomas Stanford Editor
• Fredric Steinkamp Editor

Production

• Sydney Pollack Producer
• Michael Hamilburg Co-Producer

Sound

• Dave Grusin Original Music Composer
• Basil Fenton-Smith Sound Mixer
• Arthur Piantadosi Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Ed Scheid Sound Effects Designer

Writing

• Robert Towne Screenplay
• Leonard Schrader Story
• Paul Schrader Screenplay

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