Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)

Original title

仁義なき戦い 代理戦争

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 59m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Yakuza gangs in early 1960s Hiroshima maneuver for power and territory. The film follows the escalating conflicts and betrayals that lead to a major gang war.

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What happens

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (Japanese: 仁義なき戦い 代理戦争, Hepburn: Jingi Naki Tatakai: Dairi Senso) is a 1973 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It is the third film in a five-part series that Fukasaku made in a span of just two years, focusing on the events prior to a major war between Hiroshima yakuza in the early 1960s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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