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Directed by | Takashi Miike |
Written by | Masashi Sogo |
Based on | Yakuza by Sega |
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Cinematography | Hideo Yamamoto |
Edited by | Yasushi Shimamura |
Music by | Koji Endo |
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Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $5,215,613[1] |
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Japanese: 龍が如く 劇場版, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku: Gekijōban, lit. "Like a Dragon: The Movie"), is a 2007 Japanese crime film directed by Takashi Miike, based on the 2005 PlayStation 2 video game Yakuza. The film stars Kazuki Kitamura, Goro Kishitani, Show Aikawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kenichi Endō and Tomorowo Taguchi.
The English-subtitled version premiered on June 23, 2008, at New York Asian Film Festival,[2] and was released on DVD in Northern America on February 23, 2010, by an affiliate of Media Blasters.