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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

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1974 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Crime

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no 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 The Silence of the Lambs or The Shawshank Redemption, start here.
The mood
Dark and gritty.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 40 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Made in 1974: an older pace and style.

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

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 impactWeak

    About 5K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

  • Bunta SugawaraShozo Hirono
  • Joe ShishidoKatsutoshi Otomo
  • Nobuo YanaRyôsuke Kaga
  • Nobuo KanekoYoshio Yamamori
  • Hiroki MatsukataIchioka
  • Akira KobayashiAkira Takeda
  • Kunie TanakaMasakichi Makihara
  • Asao UchidaKenichi Okubo
  • Shingo YamashiroShozo Eda
  • Kenichi SakuragiAkio Saeki