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Retired detective Harry Kilmer is called upon by an old friend, George Tanner. Tanner has been doing business with a yakuza gangster, Tono, who has kidnapped Tanner's daughter to apply pressure in a business deal involving the sale of guns. Tanner hopes that Kilmer can rescue the girl using his Japanese connections.
Harry K. Graham [76] 1972 The Wrath of God: Father Oliver Van Horne [77] 1973 The Friends of Eddie Coyle: Eddie "Fingers" Coyle [78] 1974 The Yakuza: Harry Kilmer [10] 1975 Farewell, My Lovely: Marlowe [79] 1976 Midway: Admiral William F. Halsey [80] 1976 The Last Tycoon: Pat Brady [81] 1977 The Amsterdam Kill: Larry Quinlan [82] 1978 The Big ...
In the film The Yakuza , giri is a major element in the story. The character Tanaka Ken ( Takakura Ken ) owes Harry Kilmer ( Robert Mitchum ) a "debt that can never be repaid" for saving the life of his "sister" (actually Tanaka Ken's wife) and her young daughter during the post-war occupation of Japan.
Johnny battles the yakuza, grabs a fragment of the encryption key images, and escapes. Shinji reports his failure to his superior, Takahashi. Their conversation reveals the yakuza are working on behalf of Pharmakom, a megacorporation. Johnny witnesses brief projections of a female artificial intelligence who attempts to aid him, but he ...
Yakuza – retroactively called Yakuza 1 by fans – was the first game in the series to be released, and prior to the release of Yakuza 0, was the earliest point in the story’s timeline.
Like a Dragon: Yakuza [a] is a Japanese-language American crime action television series produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Wild Sheep Content, and 1212 Entertainment. It is a live-action adaptation of Sega 's Like a Dragon video game series, and the first since the 2007 film Like a Dragon .
Kilmer, who was married to his Willow costar Joanne Whalley from 1988 to 1996, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015. Cher had him move into her guest house as his health worsened.
The name yakuza originates from the traditional Japanese card game Oicho-Kabu, a game in which the goal is to draw three cards adding up to a score of 9. If the sum of the cards is 10 or more, the second digit is the score.