The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Ambition earns the room.”
The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Drama · Crime · Action · 1973
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.
Movie details
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973 Drama · Crime · Action 1h 39m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.3 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku
Written by
Kazuo Kasahara · Koichi Iiboshi
Bunta Sugawara
Shozo Hirono
Kinya Kitaoji
Shoji Yamanaka
Meiko Kaji
Yasuko Uehara
Sonny Chiba
Katsutoshi Otomo
Hiroshi Nawa
Tsuneo Muraoka
Mikio Narita
Hiroshi Matsunaga
Gin Maeda
Koichi Shimada
Court is in session
Put Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Importance has entered the chat.”
The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.