Directed by Sidney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, this movie is considered one of the first Yakuza movies made for an American audience. Ken Takakura stars as the Japanese Hero who helps Robert Mitchum rescue a friend’s daughter kidnapped by the Yakuza after an arms deal gone bad.
Robert Mitchum returns to Japan after being there during the US occupation after WWII, while in Japan to help his friend rescue his daughter, Mitchum renews his relationship with the the Japanese lady he left behind after he was sent back to the States. Mitchum and Takaura have a complicated relationship with tension, honor.
Severed fingers play a very important role in this film.
The plot has some great action scenes and several plot twists with fantastic acting and direction.
We give The Yakuza 4.5 stars out of 5
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