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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Original title: Jingi naki tatakai / Battles Without Honour and Humanity
1973 · 1 h 39 min
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
CrimeDrama

Cast

Bunta Sugawara Hiroki Matsukata Kunie Tanaka Eiko Nakamura Tsunehiko Watase Gorô Ibuki

Credits

Written by: Koichi Iiboshi

Plot

In the ruins of postwar Hiroshima, a former soldier rises in the yakuza and is caught in gang betrayals, in the first of a documentary-style crime series.

Sinekatalog’s take

A raw, kinetic and influential yakuza classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (4,889 votes)
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