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During the violent chaos of the post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.  Film #1 in the series.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family affiliations prove themselves to be wildly unstable, causing gang conflicts to escalate.  Film #3 in the series.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.  Film #5 in the series.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widowed niece as the corpses of his enemies pile up. Film #2 in the series.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Hiroshima Death Match.

Conflicts between Hirono's family and Yamamori's family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police's efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs.  Film #4 in the series.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

In his 1975 masterpiece Cops vs. Thugs, director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale) paints a dynamic portrait of flourishing corruption and unchecked greed using gritty 70s cop movie elan and true crime expose' detail. Brimming with irresistibly brutal vitality, Cops vs. Thugs demonstrates why Fukasaku counts filmmakers Takeshi Kitano, Quentin Tarantino and Takeshi Miike as devoted acolytes.

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