Japan Synopsis
“A man never forgets. A man pays his debts.”
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter – and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.
The 1973–1975 Japan Window
71 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Yakuza sits at position #16.
#1Great Mazinger
★ 8.1 · 1974
#2Dersu Uzala
★ 8.0 · 1975
#3The Last Samurai
★ 7.8 · 1974
#4Lady Snowblood
★ 7.6 · 1973
#5Pastoral: To Die in the Country
★ 7.6 · 1974
#6Ikkyū-san
★ 7.5 · 1975
#7Belladonna of Sadness
★ 7.4 · 1973
#8Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
★ 7.4 · 1973
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Yakuza. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Warner Bros. Pictures
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Yakuza premiered. 197 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,930 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #127 of 402 (top 32%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America, Japan |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 52m |
| Release Date | December 21, 1974 |
| IMDb | tt0073918 |