
Battles Without Honor and Humanity(1973)
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.


Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.
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Koji Tsuruta
Tetsuo Tsukamoto

Bunta Sugawara
Tsutomu Kazama
Noboru Andō
Noboru Ooba

Harumi Sone
Taki
Mina Isshiki
Kazama's Sister

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Kazuyoshi Miyahara

Ryōhei Uchida
Goro Tsubaki

Rinichi Yamamoto
Haraguchi

Asao Uchida
Yasujiro Danno

Takamaru Sasaki
Kita Kido
Japan Organized Crime Boss is a crime, drama film released in 1969 exploring themes of yakuza. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, it stars Koji Tsuruta, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andō. Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.
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