Battles Without Honor and Humanity

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Movie: The Yakuza Papers / Battles Without Honour and Humanity
Romaji: Jingi naki tatakai
Japanese: 仁義なき戦い
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Writer: Koichi Iiboshi, Kazuo Kasahara
Producer:
Cinematographer: Sadaji Yoshida
Release Date: Janaury 13, 1973
Studio: Toei
Distributor: Toei
Runtime: 99 min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Set just after WWII and based on the memoirs of a real-life crime boss, "The Yakuza Papers" serves to de-glamorize the traditional cinematic portrayal of organized crime, instead painting its members as petty, back-stabbing thugs who will turn on their closest allies for power or profit.

Cast

Bunta Sugawara - Shozo Hirono
Hiroki Matsukata - Tetsuya Sakai
Kunie Tanaka - Makihara
Eiko Nakamura - Suzue
Tsunehiko Watase - Toshio Arita
Goro Ibuki - Ueda
Nobuo Kaneko - Yamamori
Toshie Kimura - Mrs. Yamamori
Tamio Kawaji - Kanbara
Mayumi Nagisa - Akiko Shinjo
Asao Uchida - Okubo Kenichi
Shinichiro Mikami - Shinkai Uichi
Hiroshi Nawa - Doi
Shinji Takano - Kaneko Shoichi
Keiji Takamiya - Yamakata Shinichi
Shotaro Hayashi - Matsunaga Takeshi
Kinji Nakamura - Nakahara Shigeto
Harumi Sone - Shuji Yano
Asao Koike - Narrator
Takashi Ebata - Maekawa
Seizo Fukumoto - Shimonaka
Takuzo Kawatani - Ryoichi Enami
Tatsuo Umemiya - Hiroshi Wakasugi

Film Festivals

2015 (14th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 26-July 18, 2015 - The Last Men of Japanese Film *North American Premiere (Digital Remaster)
2015 (19th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 14-Aug. 5, 2015
2015 (19th) Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - July 16-26, 2015 - The Masters

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