Ambition Without Honor (1996)

Original title

仁義なき野望

Directed by

Takashi Miike

Genre

yakuza film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A yakuza member rises through the ranks of a criminal syndicate in post-war Japan. He navigates violent power struggles and betrayals to secure his place in the underworld.

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What happens

Ambition Without Honor (Japanese: 仁義なき野望, Hepburn: Jingi naki yabō) is a 1996 Japanese direct-to-video yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike. The film's title has also been translated as Ruthless Ambition and Heartless Ambition. It was followed by Ambition Without Honor 2 in 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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