The Yakuza (1974)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Escritores:

Paul Schrader (screenplay) and
Robert Towne (screenplay) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

marzo 1975 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

A man never forgets. A man pays his debts.

Plot:

Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter...

Plot Keywords:

Yakuza | Sword Fight | Detective | Katana Sword | Cult Favorite

Comentarios de los usuarios:

widely unrecognized gem

Reparto

Robert Mitchum	...	Harry Kilmer
Ken Takakura	...	Tanaka Ken (as Takakura Ken)
Brian Keith	...	George Tanner
Herb Edelman	...	Wheat
Richard Jordan	...	Dusty
Keiko Kishi	...	Eiko (as Kishi Keiko)
Eiji Okada	...	Tono (as Okada Eiji)
James Shigeta	...	Goro
Kyosuke Mashida	...	Kato
Christina Kokubo	...	Hanako
Eiji Go	...	Spider (as Go Eiji)
Lee Chirillo	...	Louise
M. Hisaka	...	Boyfriend
William Ross	...	Tanner's Guard
Akiyama	...	Tono's Guard
Harada	...	Goro's Doorman

Dirigida por
Sydney Pollack

Créditos del guión
Paul Schrader		(screenplay) and
Robert Towne		(screenplay)
Leonard Schrader		(story)

Producida por
Michael Hamilburg	....	co-producer
Sydney Pollack	....	producer

Música original por
Dave Grusin

Fotografía por
Kozo Okazaki		(director of photography) (as Okazaki Kozo)

Montaje por
Don Guidice
Thomas Stanford

Diseño de producción por
Stephen B. Grimes		(as Stephen Grimes)

Dirección artística
Yoshiyuki Ishida		(as Ishida Yoshiyuki)

Diseño de vestuario por
Dorothy Jeakins

Departamento de maquillaje
Garry Morris	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
John R. Coonan	....	production manager (as John Coonan)
Isao Nagaoka	....	unit production manager (as Nagaoka Isao)
William Ross	....	assistant production manager
Yoshio Yamamoto	....	unit production manager (as Yamamoto Yoshio)

Ayudante de dirección
Mike Abe	....	assistant director
Stephen B. Grimes	....	second unit director (as Stephen Grimes)
Michael D. Moore	....	assistant director (as Michael Moore)

Departamento de Arte
Toshio Miyagawa	....	props (as Miyagawa Toshio)
Seiji Moori	....	tattoo artist (as Mohri Seiji)

Departamento de sonido
Basil Fenton-Smith	....	sound mixer (as Basil Fenton Smith)
Arthur Piantadosi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ed Scheid	....	sound effects (as Edwin Scheid)

Efectos especiales
Tomoo Kasai	....	special effects (as Kasai Tomoo)
Richard Parker	....	special effects

Especialistas
Bill Saito	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Bobby Byrne	....	camera operator (as Robert Byrne)
Duke Callaghan	....	director of photography: american sequences
Yoshiaki Masuda	....	gaffer (as Masuda Yoshiaki)
Tamio Matsuo	....	assistant camera (as Matsuo Tamio)
Haruhisa Murase	....	grip (as Murase Haruhisa)
Clifton Ralke	....	assistant camera

Departamento de vestuario
Mamoru Mori	....	wardrobe (as Mori Mamoru)

Departamento de Edición
Carol Ann Jackson	....	assistant editor
Ralph Sandler	....	assistant editor
Fredric Steinkamp	....	supervising editor

Departamento de Música
Ted Whitfield	....	music editor

Otros miembros del equipo
Kuroki Masami	....	production personnel
Phill Norman	....	title designer
Michie Ross	....	production secretary
Masao Sato	....	assistant to executive producer (as Sato Masao)
Gaylin P. Schultz	....	production coordinator (as Gaylin Schultz)
Takeshi Sugimoto	....	production personnel (as Sugimoto Takeshi)
Keiko Tsushima	....	script girl (as Tsushima Keiko)
Hope Williams	....	script supervisor
Seiji Yada	....	production personnel (as Yada Seiji)

Compañías Productores

• Toei Company
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distribuidores

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1975) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)

Otras Compañías

• Toei Company  special thanks (as Toei Motion Picture Company)

También conocida como:

Brotherhood of the Yakuza (UK) (video title)

Duración:

Japan:123 min | UK:107 min | USA:112 min

País:

USA | Japan

Idioma:

Inglés | Japonés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 (cut) | Singapore:PG | France:-12 | Canada:14A (video rating) | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (cut) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Kyoto, Japan

Compañía:

Toei Company

Trivialidades:

Martin Scorsese wanted to direct after Mean Streets (1973) but the producers wanted Sydney Pollack.

Errores:

Micrófono Boom visible: The boom mic is clearly visible in one scene when Oliver Wheat grabs his cat while telling the story of Eiko to Dusty, the mic appears behind the table and is retracted as Wheat advances.

Citas:

Dusty: American saw cuts on a push stroke, Japanese saw cuts on a pull stroke. When an American cracks up, he opens up the window and shoots up a bunch of strangers. When a Japanese cracks up, he closes the window and kills himself. Everything is in reverse.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Banda de Sonido:

Only the Wind

widely unrecognized gem

I have to agree with the preponderance of viewers here who rate this as a neglected classic of the 70's. All aspects of the film - performances, script, and direction - raise this to the level of greatness. This is certainly among Mitchum's greatest performances - his subdued, world-weary toughness undergirds the movie. The story as has been noted, is a rich and multilayered one with a sadness that aspires to and quite nearly reaches the level of tragedy. It also must be noted that this is one of the most effective portrayals of Japanese culture on celluloid. The movie does not shrink from violence; the various scenes of assassination and slaughter could have been done by Peckinpah. The movie deserves a restoration and should be brought to tv in letterbox mode. (Are you listening, American Movie Classics?)