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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Genres

DramaCrime

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In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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Budget

$150000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

7.42/10

Release Date

13 January 1973

Country

Japan

Cast

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Shozo Hirono

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Tetsuya Sakai

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Masakichi Makihara

Eiko Nakamura

Eiko Nakamura

Suzue Kunihiro

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Toshio Arita

Gorō Ibuki

Gorō Ibuki

Ueda

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Yoshio Yamamori

Toshie Kimura

Toshie Kimura

Mrs. Yamamori

Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi

Kanbara Seiichi

Mayumi Nagisa

Mayumi Nagisa

Akiko Shinjo

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Okubo Kenichi

Shinichirō Mikami

Shinichirō Mikami

Shinkai Uichi

Hiroshi Nawa

Hiroshi Nawa

Doi

Shinji Takano

Shinji Takano

Kaneko Shoichi

Harumi Sone

Harumi Sone

Shuji Yano

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Nakahara Shigeto

Shōtarō Hayashi

Shōtarō Hayashi

Matsunaga Takeshi

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Shimonaka Ryuji

Keiji Takamiya

Keiji Takamiya

Yamakata Shinichi

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Narrator

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Constable Maekawa

Naotsugu Uzaki

Naotsugu Uzaki

Sugitani Nobuhiko

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Iwami Masuo

Hitoshi Ōmae

Hitoshi Ōmae

Nogata Mamoru

Kazutarō Kuni

Kazutarō Kuni

Kakiuchi Jiro

Gorō Ōki

Gorō Ōki

Otake Isamu

Keiko Kojima

Keiko Kojima

Keiko

Akira Hirasawa

Akira Hirasawa

Yashiro Mitsuharu

Ryō Nishida

Ryō Nishida

Takano Shinji

Kōjiro Shirakawa

Kōjiro Shirakawa

Furuya Makoto

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Yokoyama Nobuo

Minken Karasawa

Minken Karasawa

Chief Investigator Nakamura

Hiroko Sakaki

Hiroko Sakaki

Akemi

Chie Kobayashi

Chie Kobayashi

Yamashiro Sawa

Ryūko Azuma

Ryūko Azuma

Kunihiro Tome

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Ryoichi Enami

Yukio Miyagi

Yukio Miyagi

Kawanishi Tamotsu

Kenji Ikeda

Kenji Ikeda

Terauchi Hachiro

Shunji Sasaki

Shunji Sasaki

Nishitani Hideo

Yoshiki Yamada

Yoshiki Yamada

Detective Katani

Yasumori Hikita

Yasumori Hikita

Detective Komuro

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Kinagashi

Shintarō Mibu

Shintarō Mibu

Yanagida Toshiji

Kuniomi Kitani

Kuniomi Kitani

Kawanami Tokio

Yûsuke Tsukasa

Yûsuke Tsukasa

Nukita Hideo

Tsuyoshi Arita

Tsuyoshi Arita

Mizutani Bunji

Tetsuo Fujisawa

Tetsuo Fujisawa

Kuramitsu Masayoshi

Hideo Fujimoto

Hideo Fujimoto

Utsumori Noburo

Yasuo Matsumoto

Yasuo Matsumoto

Ishido Torao

Kiyotaka Nishiyama

Kiyotaka Nishiyama

Yoshinaga Shun

Satoru Nabe

Satoru Nabe

Anjo Keisuke

Teruo Fujinaga

Teruo Fujinaga

Hiroishi Kinsaku

Toshio Tomogane

Toshio Tomogane

Wakita Noboru

Tamaro Murata

Tamaro Murata

Clothing Shopkeeper

Shinji Oda

Shinji Oda

Keeper

Ryuji Komine

Ryuji Komine

Mikuni Man

Yasushi Ōshiro

Yasushi Ōshiro

Keeper

Toshio Matsuda

Toshio Matsuda

Keeper

Hiroshi Hatano

Hiroshi Hatano

Policeman

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Mesaki Takeshi

Aki Takagi

Aki Takagi

Hatsuko

Toshio Kitagawa

Toshio Kitagawa

Kusuda Joichi

Tatsuo Umemiya

Tatsuo Umemiya

Hiroshi Wakasugi

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Noburo Uchimoto

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Akira Kobayashi

Akira Kobayashi

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Reiko Ike

Reiko Ike

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

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