Battles Without Honour and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)

Review: Battles Without Honour and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Nobuo Kaneko, Takeshi Katō, Kunie Tanaka, Mikio Narita,

Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
Mikio Narita
Mikio Narita

Plot: All five original ‘Battles Without Honor and Humanity’ films compiled into one nine hour epic. Taking place over the course of two decades, we follow the tale of Shozo Hirono as he climbs up the ranks of the Yakuza, trying to stay alive through a multitude of betrayals and violent gang wars.

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Kinji Fukasaku’s Yakuza epic

Kinji Fukasaku’s Yakuza epic

Arrow releases yet another impressive limited edition box-set with their dual-format edition of Kinji Fukasaku’s Battles Without Honor and Humanity, a key work in the transition of Japanese cinema from the “classical” post-war […]

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