The Yakuza

Complex to the point of being pleasingly convoluted, The Yakuza is an intriguing blend of Western and Asian sensibilities. Harry Kilmer is drawn to the Orient by an army buddy, whose daughter has been kidnapped. But when he gets to Japan, Harry finds that her kidnappers are the shadowy Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia–an organization that is as vicious as it is tradition-bound. He must call on friends he made after World War II for favors and finds himself unintentionally trampling on issues of honor, even as he battles for his life and that of the girl he is seeking.