
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.



Shima Iwashita
Tamaki Awazu

Rino Katase
Makoto Ike

Akiko Kana
Yasuko Koito

Riki Takeuchi
Taichi Hanada

Koujiro Shimizu
Hanji Kiyono

Shôko Ieda
Kiyomi
Yasuko Naito
Megumi
Junko Enjou
Akiko Kawase

Yasuko Haru
Yukari

Yasuko Yagami
Hatsu
Yakuza Ladies is a drama, crime film released in 1986 exploring themes of yakuza, female yakuza, gokudo. Directed by Hideo Gosha, it stars Shima Iwashita, Rino Katase, Akiko Kana. When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.
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