
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.

Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across the Genkai Sea.
Noboru Andō
Kondo

Jinpachi Nezu
Yakuzu

Reisen Ri
Shunsen

Joe Shishido
Sawaki

Tomoko Mayama

Hōsei Komatsu

Bin Amatsu

Renji Ishibashi

Fujio Tokita

Juro Kara
The Sea of Genkai is a crime, drama film released in 1976. Directed by Juro Kara, it stars Noboru Andō, Jinpachi Nezu, Reisen Ri. Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across the Genkai Sea.
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