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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (2000)

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity poster
Original title
新・仁義なき戦い。
Directed by
Junji Sakamoto
Genre
yakuza film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
19
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A remake of the classic yakuza film series. It follows the violent conflicts and power struggles within the Japanese underworld. The story centers on a group of gangsters trying to survive in a world of shifting loyalties and brutal violence.

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What happens

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Japanese: 新・仁義なき戦い。, Hepburn: Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai.), also known as Another Battle, is a 2000 Japanese yakuza film directed by Junji Sakamoto. It is a remake of Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity series from the 1970s, which were adapted from a series of newspaper articles by journalist Kōichi Iiboshi, that were rewrites of a manuscript originally written by real-life yakuza Kōzō Minō while he was in prison. Rock musician Tomoyasu Hotei, who plays Tochino Masatatsu, wrote the soundtrack to the film. Its title piece would be reworked and retitled "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" and go on to become a hit both in Japan and internationally. The film was followed by the 2003 film New Battles Without Honor and Humanity/Murder, or Another Battle/Conspiracy, directed by Hajime Hashimoto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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