# Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)

> A jailed yakuza boss confronts the political transformation of organized crime as rival factions compete for power in a volatile postwar underworld.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/44940

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
- Director: Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Joe Shishido, Nobuo Yana, Nobuo Kaneko, Hiroki Matsukata, Akira Kobayashi, Kunie Tanaka, Asao Uchida
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0226018/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: tense, brutal, cynical, crime movie night, japanese cinema marathon

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