The Yakuza (1974) is a movie I recently watched for the first time on HBOMAX. The storyline follows a private detective with a history in Japan that has been hired to rescue a kidnapped girl from the yakuza. He will leverage his old relationships in Japan to try and maneuver his way into the yakuza, find the girl and bring her home.
This movie was directed by Sydney Pollack (Tootsie) and stars Robert Mitchum (The Night of the Hunter), Ken Takakura (Black Rain), James Shigeta (Die Hard), Brian Keith (Young Guns) and Richard Jordan (Logan's Run).
The cast in this is pretty awesome, though Mitchum and his dialogue was a bit stiff and cliché at times. The storyline was kind of bland and drags in places. The love story elements unfold well and the ending was tremendous and the best part of the movie...it just feels like it takes forever to get there.
This was a fairly average movie with a great premise and ending. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend seeing it once.
This movie was directed by Sydney Pollack (Tootsie) and stars Robert Mitchum (The Night of the Hunter), Ken Takakura (Black Rain), James Shigeta (Die Hard), Brian Keith (Young Guns) and Richard Jordan (Logan's Run).
The cast in this is pretty awesome, though Mitchum and his dialogue was a bit stiff and cliché at times. The storyline was kind of bland and drags in places. The love story elements unfold well and the ending was tremendous and the best part of the movie...it just feels like it takes forever to get there.
This was a fairly average movie with a great premise and ending. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend seeing it once.