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Pauline Martyn🎞 Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-74)
To celebrate my favourite series in 2023 (50th anniversary! 🎉), here is an ongoing thread introducing its colourful cast & characters - one theme at a time!
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity [1] / 仁義なき戦い (1973)
【Disillusioned】
Shōzō Hirono (Bunta Sugawara)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-4)
【Scheming】
Yoshio Yamamori (Nobuo Kaneko) x Masakichi Makihara (Kunie Tanaka)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-4)
【Who's Who】
The series' web of relationships is subtle and intricate. It only took me 33 charts to map out! 😅
(coming to a blog soon)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-4)
【The Tactician】
Akira Takeda (Akira Kobayashi)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-4)
【Rivals】
Shōzō Hirono (Bunta Sugawara) x Akira Takeda (Akira Kobayashi)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-4)
【One Actor, Three Roles: Hiroki Matsukata】
Tetsuya Sakai (episode 1)
Shoichi Fujita (episode 4)
Terukichi Ichioka (episode 5)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-4)
【The Next Generation】
Tamotsu Matsumura (Kinya Kitaoji)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-4)
【The Busy Underboss: Networking, Plotting, Holidaying, Resigning】
Matsunaga Hiroshi (Narita Mikio)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity [1] / 仁義なき戦い (1973)
【The Maverick】
Hiroshi Wakasugi (Tatsuo Umemiya)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-74)
【The Crying Oyabun 💧】
Yoshio Yamamori (Nobuo Kaneko)
🎞️ Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-74)
【Cast & Crew】
Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroki Matsukata, Akira Kobayashi
Kinji Fukasaku
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mr.D@piratescarlett I watched it again a few days ago, and I liked his lines👍
@hkcp123 Oh great! :D Yes he's very cool in this movie - I like Wakasugi. It's funny that Umemiya comes back as another character (Iwai) in the next films!
@piratescarlett Oh, it happens😅 I haven't seen part 3 yet. I plan to watch them in order!
@hkcp123 3 is my favourite - I hope you have fun watching it! :)
8thvoltaire@piratescarlett Greetings partner, currently finished the Battle Without Honor and Humanity 5 : Final Episode. It seem's like you are a someone who knows this kind of movies. Can you give me any yakuza movie recommendation? If you do that, I would be in your debt.
@8thvoltaire Greetings and nice to meet a fellow yakuza eiga enthusiast! 👋 Great to hear that, and thank you for your question - here are some ideas for you:
- If you want to try other yakuza eiga genres: https://gamblersanddrifters.com/2023/01/08/top-5-yakuza-films-to-discover-the-genre/
- If you want something similar to Battles, 5 jitsuroku to look into:
1. Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
2. Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)
3. Violent Streets (1974)
4. New Batttles Without Honor & Humanity (part side story/part remake of the originals, but less impactful)
- If you want to try other yakuza eiga genres: https://gamblersanddrifters.com/2023/01/08/top-5-yakuza-films-to-discover-the-genre/
- If you want something similar to Battles, 5 jitsuroku to look into:
1. Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
2. Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)
3. Violent Streets (1974)
4. New Batttles Without Honor & Humanity (part side story/part remake of the originals, but less impactful)
@8thvoltaire
5. A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973)
Let me know if you watch some of the above, and if you need any other ideas!
@piratescarlett Thank you for the reply! I will start with Yakuza Graveyard because it's the one seem's most cool hahahahaha Also did you watched Graveyard Of Honor (1975)? It's a prdouct of Kinji Fukasaku so It might be good!
@8thvoltaire It’s amazing, you won’t be disappointed! 😃 Yes I’ve seen Graveyard of Honor (1975), I love Fukasaku but this is not one of my favourites - it’s very, very nihilistic… Still good though, and great performance from Watari Tetsuya!
@piratescarlett Nihilistic? Not this sound beautiful. I guess can't wait to watch it!
@piratescarlett I watched the Yakuza Graveyard and I must say it was awesome! As a Optimistic Nihilistic, I really loved the way Kuroiwa see the things. His character is really deep. His relationship with Iwata was so good. Overall I think Yakuza Graveyard is a solid 8 out of 10. Thanks for the recommendation! Next stop is Violent Streets!
@8thvoltaire Excellent, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😃 Great film isn't it, it hits hard - and same, loved the relationship between the two leads. Enjoy Violent Streets next 😁
Midnight Eye@piratescarlett I have to study this carefully, and then re-watch all again 🍶😊
@a0dbxza That would make me so happy, this is exactly what I'm doing this for! ☺️ 🍶 (and if you do I'd love to et your thoughts on everything! I can give you sake recommendations too haha 
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nicole@piratescarlett Okay, now I’m _really_ curious. 🤩
@nicole 😃 😃 It's *such* a good series when you really dive into the characters and dynamics, I want to share what I know with others so everyone can enjoy the film as much as possible. And challenge myself to finally blog about it in the process. 😅
@piratescarlett I'm convinced enough to order the Blu-ray of the first two—unless you recommend another way of screening them?
@nicole Yay :D I'd recommend getting an Arrow Video free trial and watching the first episode there to start - then if you like the film(s), blu-ray is a great option as well - they have a cool blu-ray boxset with lots of extras! :D
https://www.arrow-player.com/videos/battles-without-honour-and-humanity
Battles Without Honour and Humanity
When Battles Without Honour and Humanity first hit Japanese screens in January 1973, partially inspired by the success of The Godfather, it blasted out a new Ground Zero for crime cinema not only in Japan, but in the rest of the world, and spawned a legendary series that would lead to additional ...
@piratescarlett Another streaming service. 😂 Oh gods, they feel by Pokemon: gotta catch 'em all.
@piratescarlett On it. 💪 Just a few more things preceding on the list.
@nicole Haha I know, so many!! 😂 But yay I'm very interested to hear what you think when you get to it - please keep me posted! 😃 🎞️
@piratescarlett Excellent 👏👏👏 I've never seen anything like it. Very helpful👍
@hkcp123 Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! ☺️ 🙏 I really love these films and I would like more people to watch them and understand how brilliant the characters and plots are. So I hope I can help with these charts! 😊
Terry Wallwork@piratescarlett You may like the Stray Cat Rock series of 70's films with Meiko Kaji ；）
@terrywallwork I do! :) Although my favourite Meiko Kaji is Wandering Ginza Butterfly, especially the first - great role and great chemistry with Tsunehiko Watase!
@piratescarlett I am super predictable because Lady Snowblood is my fav.
@terrywallwork It’s a classic! If you haven’t seen them you may find new favourites in Wandering Ginza Butterfly, Female Prisoner Scorpion, and Blind Woman’s Curse 🐈⬛
@piratescarlett Haven't seen Ginza Butterfly, the others are awesome. :)
Antipope Superstar@piratescarlett this series rules so much
@julieofthespirits Yes! 😃 I've watched it so many times, and every watch is riveting and brings new details - and fun. Masterpiece!