Jingi naki tatakai (1973)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers:

Koichi Iiboshi (story)
Kazuo Kasahara (writer)

Release Date:

13 March 1975 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Extortion | Post War Japan | Betrayal | Gang War | Yakuza

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Bunta Sugawara	...	Shozo Hirono
Hiroki Matsukata	...	Tetsuya Sakai
Kunie Tanaka	...	Makihara
Eiko Nakamura	...	Suzue
Tsunehiko Watase	...	Toshio Arita
Goro Ibuki	...	Ueda
Nobuo Kaneko	...	Yamamori
Toshie Kimura	...	Mrs. Yamamori
Tamio Kawaji	...	Kanbara
Mayumi Nagisa	...	Akiko Shinjo
Asao Uchida	...	Okubo Kenichi
Shinichirô Mikami	...	Shinkai Uichi
Hiroshi Nawa	...	Doi
Shinji Takano	...	Kaneko Shoichi
Keiji Takamiya	...	Yamakata Shinichi

Also Known As:

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Canada: English title)
Battles Without Honour and Humanity (International: English title)
Tarnished Code of Yakuza (Australia)
The Yakuza Papers
War Without a Code

Runtime:

99 min | France:100 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Toei Company

Movie Connections:

Featured in 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1994) (TV)

Simply great...

For those who love yakuza films, this is one NOT to miss. Wild violence to start the film (two arms are lopped off within the first five minutes of the flick) sets a tone of dread (you don't know who'll be killed next). But more than action, the film brings a thoughtfulness to the fore. For those who want an English-language analogy, this film "feels" like Soderbergh's The Limey (though with a different plot and without the bouncing back-and-forth in time [though this movie does jump years in its narrative]).

Don't miss this one...