The Yakuza
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The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime film that explores the Japanese criminal underworld and themes of honor and obligation through a cross-cultural story involving an American man returning to Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Yakuza canonical | 2 |
| Yakuza | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10586336 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Yakuza Context triple: [Leonard Schrader, wroteScreenplayFor, The Yakuza]
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A.
Yakuza
Yakuza is a popular action-adventure video game series by Sega that follows the dramatic, crime-filled lives of Japanese gangsters in richly detailed urban settings.
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B.
Ushijima the Loan Shark
Ushijima the Loan Shark is a Japanese manga series that follows the ruthless and morally complex exploits of a loan shark navigating the dark underbelly of debt and desperation.
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C.
Fusumi no Okami
Fusumi no Okami is a Shinto deity venerated at Kumano Nachi Taisha, associated with the sacred natural and spiritual landscape of the Kumano region in Japan.
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D.
Saho
Saho is a Cushitic language spoken primarily by the Saho people in Eritrea and neighboring regions of the Horn of Africa.
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E.
Katano
Katano is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its residential suburbs and proximity to the Osaka metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Yakuza Target entity description: The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime film that explores the Japanese criminal underworld and themes of honor and obligation through a cross-cultural story involving an American man returning to Japan.
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A.
Yakuza
Yakuza is a popular action-adventure video game series by Sega that follows the dramatic, crime-filled lives of Japanese gangsters in richly detailed urban settings.
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B.
Ushijima the Loan Shark
Ushijima the Loan Shark is a Japanese manga series that follows the ruthless and morally complex exploits of a loan shark navigating the dark underbelly of debt and desperation.
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C.
Fusumi no Okami
Fusumi no Okami is a Shinto deity venerated at Kumano Nachi Taisha, associated with the sacred natural and spiritual landscape of the Kumano region in Japan.
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D.
Saho
Saho is a Cushitic language spoken primarily by the Saho people in Eritrea and neighboring regions of the Horn of Africa.
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E.
Katano
Katano is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its residential suburbs and proximity to the Osaka metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kōzō Okazaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Sydney Pollack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Douglas Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
drama ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yakuza ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Harry Kilmer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ken Tanaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dave Grusin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of yakuza code of honor
ⓘ
early Hollywood portrayal of Japanese organized crime ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| plotFocus | Japanese criminal underworld ⓘ |
| producer | Sydney Pollack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1974-03-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 112 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Paul Schrader
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Towne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Brian Keith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eiko Kishi NERFINISHED ⓘ Herb Edelman NERFINISHED ⓘ Keiko Kishi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Takakura NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Mitchum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy |
Leonard Schrader
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Schrader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
cross-cultural relationships
ⓘ
honor ⓘ loyalty ⓘ obligation ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Yakuza Description of subject: The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime film that explores the Japanese criminal underworld and themes of honor and obligation through a cross-cultural story involving an American man returning to Japan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yakuza