Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Seen it?1973 | 99 min | Drama, Crime, Action
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans. If you loved Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 39 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1973: an older pace and style.
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 10K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
- Bunta SugawaraShozo Hirono
- Kinya KitaojiShoji Yamanaka
- Meiko KajiYasuko Uehara
- Sonny ChibaKatsutoshi Otomo
- Hiroshi NawaTsuneo Muraoka
- Mikio NaritaHiroshi Matsunaga
- Gin MaedaKoichi Shimada
- Asao KoikeKunimatsu Takanashi
- Shingo YamashiroShozo Eda
- Hideo MurotaKeisuke Nakahara