Yakuza
by Sydney Pollack
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Actor: Brian Keith, Herb Edelman, Ken Takakura, Richard Jordan, Robert MitchumDirector: Sydney Pollack
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 112 minutes
Release Date: 1994-04-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Yakuza
Movie Review: Good - but not so much.
Summary: 3 Stars
I like certain elements of this film, however, this movie moves at a rather slow pace and some of it is more than a little bit cheesy. It does have a good tone and setting. Ken Takakura is great in this movie. I am a Robert Mitchum fan (Out of the Past is one of my all-time favorite movies) but, although he is ok in this movie, this is not his finest hour by far. That being said, if you can get this movie for less than 10 bucks it would be worth your time.
Summary of Yakuza
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 FineAction & Adventure VHS Video
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