Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Mar 3, 2007

1h 50m

★ 6.6

Overview

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball-bat-wielding psycho Gorō Majima, who has a grudge to settle with Kiryū.

Genres

Action

Crime

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

SEGA

CJ Entertainment

Toei Company

Art Port

Yakuza: Like a Dragon Trailers

Cast

Kazuma Kiryū

Kazuki Kitamura

Gorō Majima

Goro Kishitani

Noguchi

Show Aikawa

Gun Seller

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Imanishi

Kenichi Endo

Takashi Itō

Kazuki

Haruhiko Kato

Akira Nishikiyama

Claude Maki

Makoto Date

Yutaka Matsushige

Haruka

Natsuo

Yui

Saeko

Akifumi Uchida

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