whenever someone died and the soundtrack began to play that might be my favorite part.
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
仁義なき戦い 広島死闘篇
A gritty, bleak drama.
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
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1Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles — next screening Friday 24 July at 20:00 at Vista Theatre.
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6What people say
Action! - The Way of the Yakuza: The Turbulent Battles of FukasakuThe carnage continues as our point of focus changes; the violence, grit, and backstabbing remain the same. It's very evident that the rise within these circles is paved with blood and lots and lots of chopped-up fingers, full hands, and entire families being dispatched into the other life.Everyone does a great job, but Kinya Kitaoji as the film's newbie and main character, Shoji Yamanaka, really shines. His somewhat wicked personality provides a striking contrast to Hirono's serene, calculated demeanor but also makes this entry more brutal. The number of dead here seems to be significantly higher than in the first. All in all, a great followup that delivers on the great stuff from the first one while amplifying the violence and intrigue.Action! - The Way of the Yakuza: The Turbulent Battles of FukasakuTODAY SCHEDULEBattles Without Honor and HumanityBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
“But no one visits his grave now”. A movie of animal posture and violent gestures. Of kinetic editing as a form of political incision. It is a hell-scape of sacrificial tradition exploited in name of ambition and profit. There´s a plot, but in Fukasaku it is always secondary to how his allegoric violent images just resonate, the final violent release in particular is a wonder.
Common questions
What is Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima about?+
The film follows a lone hitman named Shoji Yamanaka who joins the Muraoka crime family and becomes entangled in violent power plays within the Hiroshima underworld.
Who directed this film?+
Kinji Fukasaku directed this 1973 production, noted for his energetic and realistic approach to post-war Japanese crime cinema.
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