
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.


The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of a brutal war for territory between the clans according to the merciless laws of the yakuza.

Tatsuo Umemiya

Koji Tsuruta

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Yuki Jōno

Kōji Nanbara

Asao Uchida

Chikage Oogi

Shunsuke Ikeda

Meichō Soganoya
Three Generations of Yakuza is a crime, drama film released in 1966 exploring themes of yakuza. Directed by Shinji Murayama, it stars Tatsuo Umemiya, Koji Tsuruta, Ryūtarō Tatsumi. The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of a brutal war for territory between the clans according to the merciless laws of the yakuza.
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