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Like a Dragon or Yakuza: Like a Dragon, known in Japan as Like a Dragon Movie Version (龍が如く 劇場版, Ryū ga Gotoku Gekijōban), is a 2007 Japanese crime film directed by Takashi Miike. A live action adaptation of the 2005 PlayStation 2 video game Yakuza, the film stars Kazuki Kitamura, Goro Kishitani, Show Aikawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kenichi Endo and Tomorowo Taguchi. This game's storytelling was inspired by yakuza films and is the original episode of a successful franchise that has since expanded to 6 episodes plus spin-offs and an original video film called Like a Dragon: Prologue.
The English subtitled version premiered on June 23, 2008 at the New York Asian Film Festival '08, and was released on DVD on February 23, 2010 by a Media Blasters affiliate.
Original Release
03/03/2007
US Release
03/03/2007
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kazuki Kitamura | Kazuma Kiryu |
| Shun Shioya | Satoru |
| Saeko | Yui |
| Natsuo | Haruka |
| Haruhiko Kato | Kazuki |
| Gong Yoo | Park |
| Saki Takaoka | Yumi Sawamura / Mizuki Sawamura |
| Takashi Itô | |
| Taro Suwa | Pawnbroker |
| Alexander Ohtsuka | Yakuza |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kazuki Kitamura | Kazuma Kiryu |
| Shun Shioya | Satoru |
| Saeko | Yui |
| Natsuo | Haruka |
| Haruhiko Kato | Kazuki |
| Gong Yoo | Park |
| Saki Takaoka | Yumi Sawamura / Mizuki Sawamura |
| Takashi Itô | |
| Taro Suwa | Pawnbroker |
| Alexander Ohtsuka | Yakuza |
| Shô Aikawa | Noguchi |
| Yutaka Matsushige | Makoto Date |
| Kazutoshi Yokoyama | |
| Ken'ichi Endô | Imanishi |
| Yoshiyoshi Arakawa | Gun Seller |
| Tsuyoshi Muro | Nakanishi |
| Claude Maki | Akira Nishikiyama |
| Sansei Shiomi | Shintaro Kazama |
| Goro Kishitani | Goro Majima |
| Akifumi Uchida | (as Sô Sakamoto) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Toshihiro Nagoshi | Executive Producer |
| Munehiro Umemura | Executive Producer |
