Movielogr
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
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Overview
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
Length 99 minutes
Actors
Bunta Sugawara | Hiroki Matsukata | Kunie Tanaka | Eiko Nakamura | Tsunehiko Watase | Gorô Ibuki | Nobuo Kaneko | Toshie Kimura | Tamio Kawachi | Mayumi Nagasi | Asao Uchida | Shinichirô Mikami | Hiroshi Nawa | Shinji Takano | Harumi Sone | Kinji Nakamura | Shôtarô Hayashi | Seizô Fukumoto | Keiji Takamiya | Asao Koike | Takashi Ebata | Naotsugu Uzaki | Takashi Noguchi | Hitoshi Omae | Kazutarô Kuni | Gorô Ôki | Keiko Kojima | Akira Hirasawa | Ryô Nishida | Kojiro Shirakawa | Masaru Shiga | Minken Karasawa | Hiroko Sakaki | Chie Kobayashi | Ryuko Azuma | Takuzô Kawatani | Yukio Miyagi | Kenji Ikeda | Shunji Sasaki | Yoshiki Yamada | Yasumori Hikita | Masataka Iwao | Shintarô Mibu | Kuniomi Kitani | Yûsuke Tsukasa | Tsuyoshi Arita | Tetsuo Fujisawa | Hideo Fujimoto | Yasuo Matsumoto | Kiyotaka Nishiyama | Satoru Nabe | Teruo Fujinaga | Toshio Tomogane | Tamaro Murata | Shinji Oda | Ryuji Komine | Yasushi Ôshiro | Toshio Matsuda | Hiroshi Hatano | Ryûji Katagiri | Aki Takagi | Toshio Kitagawa | Tatsuo Umemiya | Takeshi Katô | Tatsuo Endô | Rinichi Yamamoto | Akira Kobayashi | Mikio Narita | Reiko Ike | Tetsurō Tamba
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/29/2014 | TV | DVD | Library | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Several years ago I watched half this film. Not sure why I didn’t finish it. This is a frenzied approach to the formation of various yakuza families following WW2. Fukasaku shoots this movie in such a way it’s as though he’s recording real events, which he kinda is. It’s chaotic at times that reflects the fiery nature of the yakuza as they plot and conspire and battle each other. A flowchart is necessary just to follow all the gangs, captains, underbosses, etc. and which ones are working together and those against each other. Probably for that reason, this movie feels a lot longer than it is.
Looking forward to diving into the next chapter (and viewing the subsequent films in this series; 5 films total).
10 years ago
I’ve been meaning to tackle this series of films for years.
10 years ago
Same here. Only recently discovered that the full set was in the library network. That’s OOP now so I didn’t hesitate to place a hold, which turns out to be a 4-week checkout.