Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
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70% Critic Match

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

7.0 / 10 1973 1h 42mNR Japanese
ActionDramaCrime

Storyline

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.

Cast & Crew

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Shozo Hirono

Lead
Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Noboru Uchimoto

Akira Kobayashi

Akira Kobayashi

Akira Takeda

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Hiroshi Matsunaga

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Masakichi Makihara

Shingo Yamashiro

Shingo Yamashiro

Shoichi Eda

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Yoshio Yamamori

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Hideo Hayakawa

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: Proxy War is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker