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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973 · 99 min Drama Crime
7.3 / 10 · TMDB

Shozo Hirono returns from the war to a shattered Japan, where black markets thrive in the ruins and chaos reigns. Alongside his brothers-in-arms, he is drawn into the yakuza underworld, where bonds of friendship and a code of honor are swiftly devoured by a ruthless scramble for power. Loyalties fracture, alliances form and shatter in bursts of brutal violence, as the ambitions of clan leaders transform postwar Hiroshima into a battleground for a new, more cynical war. Personal fates are swallowed by a vortex of betrayal, where every move could be the last.

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Original Title 仁義なき戦い
Year 1973
Country Japan
Genre Drama, Crime
Director Kinji Fukasaku
Runtime 99 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.3/10 (117 votes)

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A cinematic monument of its era, shot with documentary-like ruthlessness and the almost tangible grime of postwar slums. Fukasaku doesn't romanticize gang life; he dissects it as a social disease where violence is the only lingua franca.

What lingers after the final reel is not just another crime saga, but a sober, furious diagnosis of a society that has lost all its compass points. The film's power lies in the hollow eyes of men who believe in nothing but force. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

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