THE YAKUZA Original Movie Poster Robert Mitchum Neo Noir Crime In Japan

Description: THE YAKUZA Original Movie Poster Robert Mitchum Neo Noir Crime In Japan Blue Stylepr32140 Original 1-sheet Poster Measures approx 27x41in, folded as issued In very good used conditionsome general wear from handling/usenormal handling bends/bumps/ small creases etcnormal fold & edge wearcenter has few diag bendsone corner has light horiz bendedges have occasional rough areas/nickfew pinholes Our photos/scans are of the item you will receive Please see pics/scans for condition detailsIf there are any questions please ask prior to bidding. Shipped well-protected in sturdy packaging. We combine like items at no additional charge for Domestic Shipping (Flat items with flat items, rolled with rolled etc) If buying multiple items, please wait to payuntil after receiving combined invoiceWe are unable to combine once payment is made! This item is NOT a DVD or Video Our watermark is not on the item International Bids are accepted for this itemBuyer is responsible for any customs fees and tariffsWe do combine items based on weight We offer only original, vintage itemsNO reproductions, copies or fakes! Thanks for looking! Buying and selling paper collectibles for over 40 years.Selling on eBay since 1998Always Looking for Large CollectionsPaper Rescue The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Brian Keith. The screenplay by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne is from a story by Schrader's brother, Leonard Schrader. The film is about a retired American detective who returns to Japan after decades away in order to rescue his friend's daughter, kidnapped by the eponymous crime syndicate. PlotRetired 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. Kilmer and Tanner had been Marine MPs in Tokyo during the post-war occupation. Kilmer became aware of a woman, Eiko, who was involved in the black market so that she could procure penicillin for her sick daughter. Kilmer intervened on behalf of Eiko during a skirmish, saving her life. After they'd been living together, with Kilmer repeatedly asking Eiko to marry him, her brother Ken returned from an island where he'd been stranded as an Imperial Japanese soldier. Both outraged that she was living with his former enemy and deeply indebted to Kilmer for saving the lives of his (apparently) only remaining family, Ken disappeared into the yakuza criminal underground and refused to see or speak to his sister. Eiko, cautious to do nothing to offend Ken further, broke off contact with Kilmer. Before returning to the US, Kilmer bought Eiko a bar (with money borrowed from George Tanner) which she operates to this day, named Kilmer House in his honor. Kilmer has never stopped loving her. Ken's debt to Kilmer, giri, is a lifelong obligation that traditionally can never be repaid. Tanner believes that Ken would therefore do anything for Kilmer, including rescuing Tanner's daughter. Traveling to Tokyo with Tanner's bodyguard Dusty, they stay at the home of another old military buddy named Oliver Wheat. Kilmer visits Eiko at the bar's closing time, seeking to find Ken. Eiko's feelings for Kilmer are clearly as strong as ever. He also becomes reacquainted with Eiko's daughter, Hanako, who is delighted to see Kilmer again. Eiko tells Kilmer that her brother can be found at his kendo school in Kyoto. Kilmer travels by train to visit Ken at his kendo school. Ken is no longer a yakuza member, but will still help Kilmer. They find and free the girl. In so doing, Ken "takes up the sword" once again, attacking one of Tono's men to save Kilmer. This is an inexcusable intrusion by Ken in yakuza affairs. Contracts on both Ken's and Kilmer's lives are issued. Despite Tanner's protests, Kilmer insists on staying until the danger to Ken can be resolved. Eiko suggests he see Ken's brother Goro, a high-level legal counselor to the yakuza chiefs. Goro is unable to intercede due to his impartial role in yakuza society, but suggests Ken can remove the death threat by killing Tono with a sword. The only alternative is for Kilmer to kill Tono himself, by any means (as an outsider, he is not bound to use a sword). Because Kilmer is known to Goro as an unusual gaijin who understands and accepts Japanese values, he proposes that Kilmer now has an obligation to Ken. After an attempt on Kilmer's life at a bathhouse, he learns that his old friend Tanner has taken out the contract on him. Tanner secretly is broke and owes Tono a huge debt. Dusty discloses that Tanner and Tono are business partners. During a violent attack on Ken and Kilmer in Oliver Wheat's house, Dusty is stabbed to death with a sword and Hanako is shot and killed. Seeking advice again from Ken's brother, Goro advises them that they have no choice but to assassinate Tanner and Tono. This will embarrass the partners in the eyes of the yakuza. Goro discloses that he has a "wayward son" who has joined Tono's clan and asks that Ken protect him should he be caught in the battle. In private, Goro then discloses the shocking family secret to Kilmer that Eiko is not Ken's sister but his wife, and Hanako their only child. Kilmer comprehends the true meaning of Eiko and Ken's rift, and Ken's anguish at the death of Hanako, all brought about by his repeated intercessions in their lives. Kilmer storms into Tanner's apartment and kills him, then joins Ken for a near-suicidal attack on Tono's residence. During a prolonged battle, after Ken kills Tono in the traditional way with a katana, Goro's son attacks them and Ken kills him in self-defense. Bearing the news to his brother, Ken moves to commit seppuku, but his brother pleads with him not to bring more anguish to their family. Instead, Ken performs yubitsume (the ceremonial yakuza apology by cutting off one's little finger). Before leaving Japan, Kilmer visits with Ken at home and asks to speak to him formally. While Ken prepares tea, Kilmer quietly commits yubitsume, and when Ken enters the room, waits for him to be seated. Sliding the folded handkerchief that contains his finger to Ken, he says "please accept this token of my apology" for "bringing great pain into your life, both in the past and in the present." Ken accepts, and Kilmer asks that "if you can forgive me, then you can forgive Eiko," adding, "you are greatly loved and respected by all your family." Ken professes that "no man has a greater friend than Kilmer-san," and Kilmer, overcome by emotion, says the same of Ken. Their obligations now apparently resolved, Ken takes Kilmer to the airport, and both men bow formally to each other before parting. CastRobert Mitchum as Harry KilmerKen Takakura as Ken Tanaka (Nihongo: 田中健, Tanaka Ken)Brian Keith as George TannerHerb Edelman as Oliver WheatRichard Jordan as DustyKeiko Kishi as Eiko Tanaka (Nihongo: 田中栄子, Tanaka Eiko)Eiji Okada as Toshiro Tono (Nihongo: 遠野敏郎, Tōno Toshirō)James Shigeta as Goro Tanaka (Nihongo: 田中吾郎, Tanaka Gorō)Kyosuke Machida as Jiro Kato (Nihongo: 加藤二郎, Katō Jirō)Christina Kokubo as Hanako Tanaka (Nihongo: 田中花子, Tanaka Hanako)Eiji Go as Spider/Shiro Tanaka (Nihongo: 田中史郎, Tanaka Shirō), Goro's SonLee Chirillo as LouiseM. Hisaka as BoyfriendWilliam Ross as Tanner's guardAkiyama as Tono's guardHarada as Goro's doorman

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