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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973 · 99 min

A relentless, documentary-like plunge into postwar gangland chaos, all shifting loyalties and sudden brutality, leaving you exhilarated and worn down.

Overview
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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Tone
    Pacing
    relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • betrayal
    • power
    • violence
    • loyalty
    • corruption
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • ensemble
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore strong
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action6
    Horror3
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness8
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    crime, action, drama
    Directed by
    Kinji Fukasaku
    Written by
    Kazuo Kasahara
    Starring
    Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka, Eiko Nakamura, Tsunehiko Watase, Gorō Ibuki, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshie Kimura
    Music
    Toshiaki Tsushima
    Cinematography
    Sadaji Yoshida
    Runtime
    99 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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