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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974 · 101 min

A relentless, cold-blooded plunge into gang warfare, where loyalty is a lie and every alliance is a trap.

Overview
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic Games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • power
  • crime
  • corruption
  • violence
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, action
Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku
Written by
Kazuo Kasahara
Starring
Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Toshio Kurosawa, Kunie Tanaka, Shingo Yamashiro, Ichirō Ogura, Akio Hasegawa, Shinichirō Mikami
Music
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Cinematography
Sadaji Yoshida
Runtime
101 min
Country
Japan
Languages
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