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Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) · CriticCrunch

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Movie1973·99 min

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

Crime Action Drama

A crime action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 24%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.3/10

128 ratings

About Battles Without Honor and Humanity

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

Pacing: Gripping (8 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Bleak (1 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Stylized
Story Tags: betrayal, ambition hubris, corruption power, mid century, action combat, japan, urban, group found family, anti hero, ensemble, rise and fall, nonlinear flashback, organized crime

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Details

Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Language: Japanese

Cast

Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka

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How Battles Without Honor and Humanity Ranks

All movies

Top 24%

1970s movies

Top 31%

Crime movies

Top 21%

1970s Crime movies

Top 20%

★Kinji Fukasaku films#3 of 5

Top 24% All movies.

the vibe

Battles Without Honor and Humanity Vibe

What it feels like

grippingdarkintenselayeredseriousbroadbleak

gritty

stylized

What it's about

rise & fallnonlinear flashbackbetrayalambition hubriscorruption poweranti-heroensemblegroup found familyaction combatorganized crimejapanurbanmid-century

pacing

gripping 8/9gripping 8/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

bleak 1/9bleak 1/9

texture

grittygritty