# Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

> A volatile postwar yakuza chronicle follows Shozo Hirono through betrayals, violent realignments, and a criminal world where loyalty is always expendable.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/21451

## Facts

- Runtime: 99 min
- Genres: Crime, Action, Drama
- Director: Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka, Eiko Nakamura, Tsunehiko Watase, Gorō Ibuki, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshie Kimura
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070246/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, kinetic, unsentimental, crime cinema marathon, japanese film night

## Synopsis

A gripping tale of survival and ambition in the chaotic underworld of post-war Japan.

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