The Yakuza

1974 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 10,940 VOTES · DIR. Sydney Pollack

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Overview

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.

Dialogue Timeline — 717 lines

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00:02:32 Where do you stay in Los Angeles?
00:08:35 I don't want you to put yourself through this.
00:11:08 Oh, my God, of course.
00:13:05 It's still there.
00:15:00 Some became "pan pan" girls.
00:18:55 I know.
00:23:32 Is he that crazy?
00:29:42 I have an obligation to you I can never repay.
00:32:21 It's impossible. I can't ask you that.
00:39:43 That's the greatest, goddamn thing anybody ever did for me.
00:41:33 - Did you use anything besides the .38? - No.
00:43:49 But I know him! He feels he's in danger.
00:46:43 Very good. Can you say which one?
00:48:48 My policy has been one not only of maintaining peace...
00:51:48 Bob, go on out.
00:54:27 - His brother cannot protect him. - That's it, then, huh?
00:56:38 ...an offense so great that it demands his life be taken...
00:59:04 Does she have your permission to go or doesn't she?
01:06:16 Then what is it that you believe in that makes you do it?
01:09:27 I feel like an ass.
01:12:27 - Hanako? - Yes?
01:18:21 - The question is what to do now. - Tono's death is necessary.
01:21:40 ...then Hanako was Ken's child.
01:40:53 Tanner and Tono tried to kill each other, they succeeded.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed717
Dialogue density6.4 lines / min
First line00:02:32
Final line01:40:53

Production Record

DirectorSydney Pollack
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue$1,500,000
IMDb votes10,940