The Yakuza

"American sword cuts on a push stroke, Japanese sword cuts on a pull stroke. When an American cracks up, he opens up the window and shoots up a bunch of strangers. When a Japanese cracks up, he closes the window and kills himself. Everything is in reverse."

"Goro Tanaka: Ken is a tormented man. It is Eiko, of course, but it is also Japan. Ken is a relic, a leftover of another age, of another country."

"A man never forgets. A man pays his debts."

"100 years ago they were called Samurai."

"Separated by blood and centuries - United by a Woman - Now, hurled together against the Yakuza . . . brotherhood of the East."

"The Secret Society of Japan"

"Robert Mitchum - Harry Kilmer"

"Ken Takakura - Ken Tanaka"

"Brian Keith - George Tanner"

"Herb Edelman - Oliver Wheat"

"Richard Jordan - Dusty"

"Keiko Kishi - Eiko Tanaka"

"Eiji Okada - Toshiro Tono"

"James Shigeta - Goro Tanaka"