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Hiroshima Death Match

Original title: Hiroshima shitô hen
  • 1973
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.8K
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Hiroshima Death Match (1973)
ActionCrimeDrama

A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.

  • Director
    • Kinji Fukasaku
  • Writers
    • Koichi Iiboshi
    • Kazuo Kasahara
  • Stars
    • Bunta Sugawara
    • Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Meiko Kaji
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    1.8K
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    • Director
      • Kinji Fukasaku
    • Writers
      • Koichi Iiboshi
      • Kazuo Kasahara
    • Stars
      • Bunta Sugawara
      • Shin'ichi Chiba
      • Meiko Kaji
    • 8User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Bunta Sugawara
    Bunta Sugawara
    • Shozo Hirono
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Katsutoshi Otomo
    • (as Sonny Chiba)
    Meiko Kaji
    Meiko Kaji
    • Uehara Yasuko
    Shingo Yamashiro
    • Shoichi Eda
    Hiroshi Nawa
    Hiroshi Nawa
    • Muraoka Tsuneo
    Mikio Narita
    Mikio Narita
    • Matsunaga Hiroshi
    Gin Maeda
    • Shimada Koichi
    Toshie Kimura
    Toshie Kimura
    • Mrs. Yamamori
    Junko Matsudaira
    • Bar Hostess
    Yoshi Katô
    Yoshi Katô
    • Choji Otomo
    Eizô Kitamura
    • Ishida Eisuke
    Akira Shioji
    • Buddhist Priest
    Hideo Murota
    • Keisuke Nakahara
    Nobuo Yana
    • Takuya Asano
    Hôsei Komatsu
    Hôsei Komatsu
    Manabu Kitaju
    • Kunisada Seiji
    Naotsugu Uzaki
    • Nakano Yujiro
    Gorô Ôki
    • Suga Masao
    • Director
      • Kinji Fukasaku
    • Writers
      • Koichi Iiboshi
      • Kazuo Kasahara
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    • Trivia
      Pays tribute to Tokyo Drifter (1966) in the scene when Yamanaka is laying low on Shozo's turf, a jazzy version of the theme song from that film plays in the background. All the while Shozo is advising Yamanaka he should hide in Toyko to avoid the conflict between the two warring clans of Hiroshima--strongly similar to the story plot in "Tokyo Drifter". The scene ends with Yamanaka's boss calling to give him one final mission to set him up, similar to how Tetsu's boss calls his partner to rub out Tetsu in "Tokyo Drifter".
    • Quotes

      Katsutoshi Otomo: We live to eat nice foods and sleep with girls. What's wrong about earning some money too?

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      Edited into Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)

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    9/10
    Deliriously anarchic crime drama
    The focus of this highly engaging second installment is Kin'ya Kitaoji's "Shoji Yamanaka" character, a brooding, shy, impulsive man who places the highest premium on his love for his boss's niece, a humble, passionate woman who vows to wait for him when he is incarcerated for a series of brutal murders.

    The political machinations of the yakuza world provide bloody, non-stop thrills in this deliriously anarchic crime drama that is never less than fascinating for its attention to personal details and vivid pictorial exploration of a criminal, country-wide hornet's nest.

    Despite the impressive performance of Sonny Chiba as an ultra-psychotic "torpedo" and the weighty presence of Bunta Sagawara (who takes a back seat in this episode), the film does belong to Fukomoto. His turn as Yamanaka is extraordinary and he makes us empathize with the character. Fukasaku's handling of the romance is deft and touching without ever becoming cloying.

    Once again, the action sequences are brutal and unforgiving and the camera-work by Sadaji Yoshida is, at times, mesmerizing. The film's final twenty minutes, where Yamanaka is hunted in the rainy laneways of Hiroshima, are quite beautiful.

    A plaudit should also go to composer Toshiaki Tsushima who delivers a driving, organic, highly memorable score.

    Another triumph.
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    • fertilecelluloid
    • Sep 11, 2005

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    • Release date
      • April 28, 1973 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Home Vision Entertainment (DVD Distributor)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 2: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
    • Filming locations
      • Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, Japan
    • Production company
      • Toei Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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