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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
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Overview
The seventh in the shocking “Jingi Naki Tatakai” movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of “jingi”. The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he’s released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge…
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Bunta Sugawara | Meiko Kaji | Tsunehiko Watase | Yuriko Hishimi | Rena Ichinose | Sanae Nakahara | Asei Kobayashi | Junkichi Orimoto | Goro Mutsumi | Takuzô Kawatani | Kan Mikami | Shôtarô Hayashi | Tadashi Naruse | Akira Shioji | Nenji Kobayashi | Asao Uchida | Hideo Murota | Kô Nishimura | Mikio Narita | Tsutomu Yamazaki | Sonny Chiba | Seizô Fukumoto | Nobuo Yana | Masataka Iwao | Ryûji Katagiri
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/18/2019 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Meiko Kaji is in this! Wow, this might be my favorite installment of all the “Battle Without Honor” films. It’s so frenetic and fun. Kuroda (Bunta Sugawara) is such a blast as he portrays the “stray dog” ostracized from his yakuza family then enacts revenge on them. There is a car chase shootout that is just bananas.
Yuriko Hishimi (of ULTRA SEVEN fame) plays the “bad luck maid” girlfriend and good lord is she fine. Interesting career pivot in the 70s for her after doing the entire Ultra run.
I held off on buying this set via Arrow bc I hadn’t finished the first set but now I’m considering it bc it’s so good. Also I think this is story is easier to follow with less yakuza gangs involved (less sprawling compared the first series of films). Would definitely revisit these.
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