Battles Without Honor and Humanity
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74% Critic Match

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

7.4 / 10 1973 1h 39mNR Japanese
DramaCrimeAction

Storyline

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

Cast & Crew

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Shozo Hirono

Lead
Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Tetsuya Sakai

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Masakichi Makihara

Eiko Nakamura

Eiko Nakamura

Suzue Kunihiro

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Toshio Arita

Gorō Ibuki

Gorō Ibuki

Ueda

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Yoshio Yamamori

Toshie Kimura

Toshie Kimura

Mrs. Yamamori

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kinji Fukasaku's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Battles Without Honor and Humanity is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker