# Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)

> A hard-edged yakuza crime drama in which Shozo Hirono navigates treacherous alliances as Hiroshima's gang rivalries erupt into escalating violence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/35926

## Facts

- Runtime: 102 min
- Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
- Director: Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Takeshi Katō, Akira Kobayashi, Mikio Narita, Kunie Tanaka, Shingo Yamashiro, Nobuo Kaneko, Hideo Murota
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070244/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: tense, brooding, bleak, crime film marathon, japanese cinema night

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