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Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Takashi Miike released in USA on 3 march 2007 with Shō Aikawa
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007)
Ryū ga gotoku gekijōban
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 march 2007
Length 1h50
Directed by Takashi Miike
OriginJapon
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Films about video games, Yakuza films, Films based on video games, Gangster films
Rating60%
Like a Dragon or Yakuza: Like a Dragon known in Japan as Like a Dragon Movie Version (龍が如く 劇場版, Ryū ga Gotoku Gekijōban) is a 2007 Japanese crime film directed by Takashi Miike. A live action adaptation of the 2005 PlayStation 2 video game Yakuza, the film stars Kazuki Kitamura, Goro Kishitani, Show Aikawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kenichi Endo and Tomorowo Taguchi. This game's storytelling was inspired by yakuza films and is the original episode of a successful franchise that has since expanded to four episodes plus a spin-off and an original video film called Like a Dragon: Prologue.
The English subtitled version premiered on June 23, 2008 at the New York Asian Film Festival '08, and was released on DVD on February 23, 2010 by a Media Blasters affiliate.
Synopsis
The plot is loosely based on the original Yakuza game and is a "one-night-story" that unfolds in a hot summer night in Kamurocho, the fictitious version of Tokyo Shinjuku's Kabukichō.Actors
Shō Aikawa
(Noguchi)
Kazuki Kitamura
(Kazuma Kiryū)
Kenichi Endō
(Imanishi)
Tomorowo Taguchi
(Barber Owner)
Saeko
(Yui (唯))
Yakuza series
(2007)
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