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* BigBad: Tono, the yakuza boss who Tanner owes a debt to. It later becomes a BigBadDuumvirate after [[spoiler:Tanner]] has a FaceHeelTurn and joins him in going after Harry and Ken.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Tono and [[spoiler:Tanner]] are both out to kill Harry and Ken, and working together to do it.
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* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Harry and Ken put themselves at considerable risk to save Tanner's daughter, which Tanner rewards by selling them out to Tono at the first opportunity.]]
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. Not much about Kilmer's past is revealed prior to meeting Eiko, but given that he mentions he doesn't have any family aside from her and Hanako in a rather somber manner.
* FamilyOfChoice: Kilmer clearly considers Eiko and Hanako his family. [[spoiler:It's deconstructed when it's revealed Ken was Eiko's husband, and Harry had unknowingly been carrying on an affair with her because she believed Ken had died in the war.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ken. He's grim and even his own brother admits he's insufferable, but he's honorable and self-sacrificing to a fault.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Ken refused to allow his sister Eiko to marry Harry because he was an American. [[spoiler:It's subverted when it's revealed Ken is actually her husband, and had returned home from the war to find his wife had been (unknowingly) having an affair with one of the people he had spent the past few years fighting.]]
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* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Hanako is killed by Tono's henchmen.]]
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* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Hanako is and Dusty are killed by Tono's henchmen.]]
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Once he finally realizes the full situation, Tanner leaves Eiko [[spoiler:and convinces Ken, her husband, to go back to her, because he loves them both and sincerely desires their happiness more than his own.]]
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Once he finally realizes the full situation, Tanner Kilmer leaves Eiko [[spoiler:and convinces Ken, her husband, to go back to her, because he loves them both and sincerely desires their happiness more than his own.]]
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* {{Yakuza}}
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* {{Yakuza}}{{Yakuza}}: Right there in the title.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Eiko and Kilmer. They fell in love during the occupation, but when Eiko's brother Ken came back, she had to stop this relationship with an ennemy soldier, because Ken could not stand it. [[spoiler:Actually, Ken was not her brother, but her husband, so there is a more obvious reason why she had to stop this relationship.]] Many years later, they are still in love, and Kilmer proposes again to marry Eiko, but she rejects his offer.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Eiko and Kilmer. They fell in love during the occupation, but when Eiko's brother Ken came back, she had to stop this relationship with an ennemy enemy soldier, because Ken could not stand it. [[spoiler:Actually, Ken was not her brother, but her husband, so there is a more obvious reason why she had to stop this relationship.]] Many years later, they are still in love, and Kilmer proposes again to marry Eiko, but she rejects his offer.
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* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:After Hanako's death, revenge against Tono and Tanner becomes an absolute necessity for his adoptive father (Kilmer) and his biological father (Ken).]]
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* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:After Hanako's death, revenge against Tono and Tanner becomes an absolute necessity for his her adoptive father (Kilmer) and his her biological father (Ken).]]]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Once he finally realizes the full situation, Tanner leaves Eiko [[spoiler:and convinces Ken, her husband, to go back to her, because he loves them both and sincerely desires their happiness more than his own.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Once he finally realizes the full situation, Tanner leaves Eiko [[spoiler:and convinces Ken, her husband, to go back to her, because he loves them both and sincerely desires their happiness more than his own.]]
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English dialogues dubbed into Japanese, so this is not Same Language Dub, actually this is an aversion of Multiple Languages Same Voice Actor (Trivia)
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* SameLanguageDub: When the film was re-dubbed into Japanese, all of the Japanese actors' except Ken Takakura had their English dialogue dubbed by other actors.
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The film was written by Paul Schrader and his brother Leonard. Paul would notably go on to write ''Film/TaxiDriver''. Rewrites were also undertaken by Creator/RobertTowne who wrote ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.
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The film was written by Paul Schrader Creator/PaulSchrader and his brother Leonard. Paul would notably go on to write ''Film/TaxiDriver''. Rewrites were also undertaken by Creator/RobertTowne who wrote ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.
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* RuthlessForeignGangsters: The Yakuza, when they're operating in the U.S. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for most of the runtime, where they're in their own country.
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* DoorSlamsYou
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* DoorSlamsYouTheDoorSlamsYou:
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Just after his HeelFaceTurn, Dusty is stabbed to death by the yakuza.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Just after his HeelFaceTurn, Dusty [[spoiler:Dusty]] is stabbed to death by the yakuza.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Kilmer goes back to the US and gives Eiko's love up [[spoiler:because he has heard that she was Ken's wife]].
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* PublicBathhouseScene: Kilmer goes to a public bathhouse and a mook of Tono tries to kill him.
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! This {{film}} ''The Yakuza'' provides examples of:
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* AFriendInNeed:
** Kilmer decides to help his friend Tanner when he hears that his daughter was kidnapped.
** Even if he is not his friend, Ken decides to help Kilmer in his quest. Then Kilmer wants to help Ken when he is the target of the yakuza. Ken and Kilmer will become friends by the end of the movie.
** Kilmer decides to help his friend Tanner when he hears that his daughter was kidnapped.
** Even if he is not his friend, Ken decides to help Kilmer in his quest. Then Kilmer wants to help Ken when he is the target of the yakuza. Ken and Kilmer will become friends by the end of the movie.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Eiko and Kilmer. They fell in love during the occupation, but when Eiko's brother Ken came back, she had to stop this relationship with an ennemy soldier, because Ken could not stand it. [[spoiler:Actually, Ken was not her brother, but her husband, so there is a more obvious reason why she had to stop this relationship.]] Many years later, they are still in love, and Kilmer proposes again to marry Eiko, but she rejects his offer.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Tanner betrays Kilmer. Kilmer repays him with several bullets.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Tanner [[spoiler:Tanner betrays Kilmer. Kilmer repays him with several bullets.]]
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* HonorBeforeReasonHonorBeforeReason: Ken should not accept to help Kilmer, because it would put his own life in danger. Yet he accepts, because he thinks that he owes a debt to him (''giri'').
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* ItsPersonal: See SacrificialLion
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* ItsPersonal: See SacrificialLion
[[spoiler:After Hanako's death, revenge against Tono and Tanner becomes an absolute necessity for his adoptive father (Kilmer) and his biological father (Ken).]]
*KatanasAreJustBetterKatanasAreJustBetter: The yakuza use it prominently.
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* LoveTriangle: See TheReveal
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* LoveTriangle: See TheReveal[[spoiler:After TheReveal, we understand that Ken is Eiko's husband, so there is a love triangle between them and Kilmer.]]
* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: Kilmer was a Marine MP and he protected Eiko, a Japanese woman in need. She fell in love with him.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kilmer at TheReveal, and Ken when he [[spoiler: kills his nephew in retribution for Hanako's murder in the final battle]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kilmer at TheReveal, and Ken when he [[spoiler: kills [[spoiler:kills his nephew in retribution for Hanako's murder in the final battle]] battle.]]
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* OnlyICanKillHim: [[spoiler: Ken has to kill Tono according to the Yakuza code, while Harry demands the right to take care of Tanner himself.]]
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* OnlyICanKillHim: [[spoiler: Ken [[spoiler:Ken has to kill Tono according to the Yakuza code, while Harry demands the right to take care of Tanner himself.]]
* OhCrap (to go with MyGodWhatHaveIDone)]]
* OhCrap (to go with MyGodWhatHaveIDone)
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* RetiredBadassRedemptionEqualsDeath: Just after his HeelFaceTurn, Dusty is stabbed to death by the yakuza.
* RetiredBadass: Kilmer is a retired detective and Ken is a retired yakuza. They both show that they are still exceptional fighters.
* RetiredBadass: Kilmer is a retired detective and Ken is a retired yakuza. They both show that they are still exceptional fighters.
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* [[strike: {{Revenge}} ]] [[ItsPersonal Honor]]
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[[spoiler:Hanako is killed by Tono's henchmen.]]
* SheIsAllGrownUp:HanakoHanako was a little girl the last time Kilmer saw her. Now she is an attractive young woman.
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* TattooedCrookTattooedCrook: All the yakuza.
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* {{Yubitsume}}: [[spoiler:Ken in atonement for killing his nephew, after he'd promised his brother not to harm him. In a surprise twist Kilmer, on the verge of leaving Japan at the end of the movie, returns to Ken's place and cuts off his own finger, apologising for the pain he's caused Ken and asking that he forgive Eiko.]]
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* {{Yubitsume}}: [[spoiler:Ken Ken in atonement for killing his nephew, after he'd promised his brother not to harm him. In [[spoiler:In a surprise twist Kilmer, on the verge of leaving Japan at the end of the movie, returns to Ken's place and cuts off his own finger, apologising for the pain he's caused Ken and asking that he forgive Eiko.]]
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as far as I remember there is no duel (1-to-1 fight) in this film
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* CampingACrapper: Averted; several Yakuza thugs follow Ken into the mens room of a nightclub. He's waiting for them behind the door, but they only want to talk.
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* CampingACrapper: Averted; {{Subverted|Trope}}; several Yakuza thugs follow Ken into the mens room of a nightclub. He's waiting for them behind the door, but they only want to talk.
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CultureClash: Even if Kilmer knows Japan very well, he is still surprised by the sense of honour of yakuza.
*DisposableWomanDisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Hanako is killed by Tono's henchmen. Ken and Kilmer avenge her death.]]
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* DuelToTheDeath: In a film about honor, inevitable.
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there is no secret pregnancy, which is a key point of Asian Babymama
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Tanner's daughter is kidnapped by the yakuza as leverage for a deal
* AsianBabymama: Harry is not Hanako's biological father, but he acts like her adoptive one. Of course, true to his roots, Kilmer hasn't seen either Eiko or Hanako in twenty years, instead choosing to go back to America when his service was up and Eiko refused to marry him.
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* IHaveYourWife: Tanner's daughter is kidnapped by the yakuza as leverage for a deal.
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* MrExposition: Oliver Wheat tells Harry Kilmer, Ken and Eiko Tanaka's backstory.
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* MrExposition: Oliver Wheat tells the backstories of Harry Kilmer, Ken and Eiko Tanaka's backstory.Tanaka.
