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.
Acting
Mitchum's exhaustion is a performance; Takakura's silence speaks volumes.
Direction
Pollack shoots Tokyo as alien planet to the American gaze.
Score
Dave Grusin's koto-tinged jazz haunts every frame.
Director
Sydney Pollack
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