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Mar 19, 1975 · The Yakuza: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman. American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Sydney Pollack
- 1975-03-19
Yakuza (Japanese: ヤクザ, IPA: [jaꜜkɯdza]; English: ⫽ j ə ˈ k uː z ə, ˈ j æ k uː z ə ⫽), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path", IPA: [gokɯꜜdoː]), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan.
The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Brian Keith. The screenplay by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne is from a story by Schrader's brother, Leonard Schrader.
Sep 15, 2015 · Last month, Japan’s largest crime group split into two main factions. But what is the yakuza, how much influence do they wield, and what could this split mean?
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May 31, 2024 · In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals as well as to their organized groups and to Japanese organized crime in general. Yakuza adopt samurai-like rituals and often bear elaborate body tattoos.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 6, 2022 · Formed in the 1600s, the Yakuza are a loose cartel of Japanese crime organizations that does everything from drug trafficking to stock market manipulation.
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Jul 16, 2019 · A brief history of the Yakuza, Japan's organized crime syndicates with roots going back to the Tokugawa period.
