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Availability: In Stock - This is normally a Special Order item, but it is currently in stock. AKA: Battles Without Honor And Humanity: The Yakuza Papers || War Without A Code || Tarnished Code Of Yakuza Director: Kinji Fukasaku Released: 1973 [Japan] Genre: Drama     Sub-Genre: Historical Keywords:  Betrayal / Double-Cross || Crime || Gangs / Gangsters || Japan / Japanese || Period || Rivalry || True Story || War

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The Yakuza Papers Collection [LE 6-Disc Tin]

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Plot:	Voted "Best Film Of The Year", this nihilistic chronicle of gang wars that ravaged Hiroshima in post-war Japan centers around the character Sugawara, and was based on the prison diary of a yakuza member involved in the wars.
Overview:	Voted "Best Film Of The Year", this nihilistic chronicle of gang wars that ravaged Hiroshima in post-war Japan centers around the character Sugawara. Based on the prison diary of a yakuza involved in the wars (Kozo Mino), Sugawara is distinguished through extreme, callous brutality. The villainous godfather Yamamori initiates him into his ruthless gang, which inevitably wins the power-struggle through titanic, gruesome battles. Once more, Japan's highly distinguished director of ultra-violence, Fukasaku, elevates brutality and abrupt ending to new levels as he emphasizes the degeneration of the feudal samurai's code of ethics.
Cast:	Bunta Sugawara  ||  Hiroki Matsukata  ||  Tatsuo Umemiya  ||  Tsunehiko Watase  ||  Nobuo Kaneko  ||  Goro Ibuki  ||  Tamio Kawaji  ||  Eiko Nakamura  ||  Hiroshi Nawa  ||  Kunie Tanaka (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	99 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (1.0 - Mono)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Home Vision Entertainment (HVE)  [A USA-Based Distributor]
Rating:	II - "May be Inappropriate For Children" (Broad rating may be roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13" to "R". In the late 1980s this rating splintered in two ratings: IIA and IIB) Films rated Category II may contain mild to strong violence, nudity that is usually not sexually oriented, explicit language and adult situations.
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Mono "The Yakuza Wars Of Hiroshima" Pull-Out Guide Cast/Crew Info. Trailers