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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Original title: Jingi naki tatakai
  • 1973
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 39m
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7.4/10
4.1K
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
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During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.

  • Director
    • Kinji Fukasaku
  • Writers
    • Koichi Iiboshi
    • Kazuo Kasahara
  • Stars
    • Bunta Sugawara
    • Hiroki Matsukata
    • Kunie Tanaka
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    4.1K
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    • Director
      • Kinji Fukasaku
    • Writers
      • Koichi Iiboshi
      • Kazuo Kasahara
    • Stars
      • Bunta Sugawara
      • Hiroki Matsukata
      • Kunie Tanaka
    • 27User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins

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    Bunta Sugawara
    Bunta Sugawara
    • Shozo Hirono
    Hiroki Matsukata
    • Tetsuya Sakai
    Kunie Tanaka
    Kunie Tanaka
    • Makihara Masakichi
    Eiko Nakamura
    • Suzue Kunihiro
    Tsunehiko Watase
    • Toshio Arita
    Gorô Ibuki
    Gorô Ibuki
    • Ueda
    Nobuo Kaneko
    Nobuo Kaneko
    • Yamamori
    Toshie Kimura
    Toshie Kimura
    • Mrs. Yamamori
    Tamio Kawaji
    Tamio Kawaji
    • Kanbara Seiichi
    Mayumi Nagisa
    • Akiko Shinjo
    Asao Uchida
    • Okubo Kenichi
    Shin'ichirô Mikami
    Shin'ichirô Mikami
    • Shinkai Uichi
    Hiroshi Nawa
    Hiroshi Nawa
    • Doi
    Shinji Takano
    • Kaneko Shoichi
    Keiji Takamiya
    • Yamakata Shinichi
    Shôtarô Hayashi
    • Matsunaga Takeshi
    Kinji Nakamura
    • Nakahara Shigeto
    Harumi Sone
    • Shuji Yano
    • Director
      • Kinji Fukasaku
    • Writers
      • Koichi Iiboshi
      • Kazuo Kasahara
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    • Trivia
      JINGINAKI TATAKAI series. #1 of 9 films.
    • Goofs
      In the first film, US military police show up on the scene in a jeep with "MILITALY POLICE" painted under the windshield.
    • Connections
      Edited into Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)

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    8/10
    Yakusa: the first bloody episode!!!
    Japan post-war was a lawless land where many mobster created his own gangster families called Yakusa, this first episode covers since 1945 until 1956, introducing several sub plots each one are linked altogether, on many phases of those enemy families working in black market, prostitution, guns and narcotic drugs, as always they had betrayal, cheating, murders and many twists and turns, also too much complex in numerous splited stories, the characters have been killing along the picture, few them remained until the end as the leading role Shozo Hirono as low profile hired killer, Japanese cinema is regarded to me the fifth best in the world, those amazing pictures brings to us an eastern unusual culture!!!

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    First watch: 2019 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8
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    • Release date
      • January 13, 1973 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity
    • Production company
      • Toei Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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