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74% Critic Match
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7.4 / 10• 1973• 1h 39m•NR• 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
Shozo Hirono
Lead
Hiroki Matsukata
Tetsuya Sakai

Kunie Tanaka
Masakichi Makihara

Eiko Nakamura
Suzue Kunihiro

Tsunehiko Watase
Toshio Arita

Gorō Ibuki
Ueda

Nobuo Kaneko
Yoshio Yamamori

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.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Battles Without Honor and Humanity is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”










