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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics poster
Original title
仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦
Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is the fourth film in a yakuza series. It continues the story of gangsters fighting for power in postwar Japan. The film depicts violent power struggles between rival crime families.

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What happens

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (Japanese: 仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦, Hepburn: Jingi Naki Tatakai: Chojo Sakusen) is a 1974 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It is the fourth film in a five-part series that Fukasaku made in a span of just two years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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