Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

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Release Date

1/13/1973

Runtime

99 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$150,000

Revenue

-

Homepage

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A visceral descent into the fractured underworld of postwar Japan, where survival means constantly navigating betrayal and violence among rivals with nothing left to lose. The film captures the chaos and moral collapse of a nation rebuilding itself through criminal ambition.

Mood

TenseDread-soakedParanoidBleak

Themes

CrimeBetrayalSurvivalPowerComing apart

Tone

Matter-of-fact

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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