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Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Part of Like a Dragon Collection

2007•1h 50m•6.5/10
ActionCrimeDramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.5/10(70)

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.

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Production

SEGA, CJ Entertainment, Toei Company, Art Port

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Kazuki Kitamura

Kazuki Kitamura

Kazuma Kiryū

Goro Kishitani

Goro Kishitani

Gorō Majima

Show Aikawa

Show Aikawa

Noguchi

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Gun Seller

Kenichi Endo

Kenichi Endo

Imanishi

Takashi Itō

Takashi Itō

Haruhiko Kato

Haruhiko Kato

Kazuki

Claude Maki

Claude Maki

Akira Nishikiyama

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Makoto Date

Natsuo

Haruka

Saeko

Saeko

Yui

Akifumi Uchida

Sansei Shiomi

Sansei Shiomi

Shintaro Kazama

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Barber Owner

Saki Takaoka

Saki Takaoka

Yumi Sawamura

Gong Yoo

Gong Yoo

Park

Shun Shioya

Shun Shioya

Tsuyoshi Muro

Tsuyoshi Muro

Nakanishi

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Pawnbroker

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