50 years ago, one unlikely star made Hollywood's best forgotten samurai thriller

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• The Yakuza, a 1974 crime drama, is considered one of Hollywood's boldest and most thought-provoking treatments of the East-West divide, defying typical genre tropes.
• The film's star power comes from none other than Robert Mitchum, who delivers a gritty, against-type performance that has largely been overlooked by modern audiences.