BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY [BLU-RAY + DVD]

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• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: When Battles Without Honor and Humanity first hit Japanese screens in January 1973, partially inspired by the success of The Godfather, it blasted out a new Ground Zero for crime cinema not only in Japan, but in the rest of the world, and spawned a legendary series that would lead to additional episodes, spin-offs, and countless imitations.; ; 1947. Ex-soldier Shôzô Hirono (Bunts Sugawara), after proving his ability with a gun, emerges from the teeming black markets of postwar Kure City into the professional world of the yakuza. Shôzô makes his way from prison to boss in the newly-formed Yamamori family via gang feuds, assassinations and the shifting allegiances of his fellow mobsters, despite his own growing disillusionment with the men he is supposed to respect.; ; Based on the true account of a Hiroshima mob boss and supplemented by meticulous research by screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara, this ferocious, violent saga was directed in a dynamic, newsreel-like style by Kinji Fukasaku, and stunned cinemagoers in Japan upon its release. Like a head-spinning mixture of Martin Scorsese and Paul Greengrass, the film's frenetic cinematography, colorful characters, and iconic score by Toshiaki Tsushima will leave you thrilled and exhausted, as you embark on one of the world's greatest gangster film series.;
• Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka, Eiko Nakamura, Tsunehiko Watase, Gorô Ibuki, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshie Kimura, Tamio Kawachi, Mayumi Nagisa, Asao Uchida, Shin'ichirô Mikami, Hiroshi Nawa, Shinji Takano, Keiji Takamiya, Shôtarô Hayashi, Kinji Nakamura, Harumi Sone, Asao Koike, Takashi Ebata, Naotsugu Uzaki, Takashi Noguchi, Hitoshi Ômae, Kazutarô Kuni, Gorô Ôki, Keiko Kojima, Akira Hirasawa, Ryô Nishida, Kojiro Shirakawa, Masaru Shiga, Minken Karasawa, Hiroko Sakaki, Chie Kobayashi, Takiko Azumi, Takuzô Kawatani, Yukio Miyagi, Kenji Ikeda, Shunji Sasaki, Seizô Fukumoto, 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, Kazuo Komine, Yasushi Oshiro, Toshio Matsuda, Hiroshi Hatano, Ryûji Katagiri, Aki Takagi, Toshio Kitagawa, Tatsuo Umemiya, Kinji Fukasaku, Koichi Iiboshi, Kazuo Kasahara, Kôji Shundô, Gorô Kusakabe, Sadaji Yoshida, Shintarô Miyamoto, Toshiaki Tsushima, Masayoshi Mizoguchi, Takatoshi Suzuki
• Director: Kinji Fukasaku
• Runtime: 1:39
• Company: Toei Company, Ltd., Arrow Films
• Media Format: Movie