battles without honor and humanity : proxy war
( aka' jingi naki tatakai: dairi senso' or' battles without honor and humanity: proxy war' or' the yakuza papers, vol. 3: proxy war' or' the yakuza papers: proxy war' )
schilling, mark (2015) .
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this where the track battle without honor and humanity from kill bill came from .
v. 1. battles without honor & humanity = jingi naki tatakai (1973) (99 min. )
here we finally have a blu ray box set of battles without honor and humanity (aka the yakuza papers) by director kinji fukasaku .
enemy civil war: proxy war has smaller subfactions and allies of the bigger yakuza gangs battling it out for supremacy .
‎the yakuza papers, vol. 1: battles without honor and humanity (1973) directed by kinji fukasaku • reviews, film + cast • letterboxd
v. 3. proxy war = dairi senso (1973) (102 min. )
kasahara, kazuo (2015) [ 1974 ] .
jitsuroku: my personal account of the screenplay - the 300 days of battles without honor and humanity
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the nature of violence in fukasaku kinji' sjingi naki tatakai (war without a code of honor )
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( aka' jingi naki tatakai: chojo sakusen' or' battles without honor and humanity 4: police tactics' or' police tactics' or' the yakuza papers, vol. 4: police tactics' )
the five titles can be bought separately and are entitled: 1. battles without honor or humanity; 2. deadly fight in hiroshima; 3. proxy war; 4. police tactics; 5. final episode. frankly, i can' t see just watching just one or two of these as the interest grows with each episode .
( aka' jingi naki tatakai: kanketsu - hen' or' battles without honor and humanity 5: final episode' or' final episode' or' the yakuza papers, vol. 5: final episode' )
( aka' jingi naki tatakai: hiroshima shito hen' or' battles without honor and humanity: deathmatch in hiroshima' or' deadly fight in hiroshima' or' the yakuza papers, vol. 2: deadly fight in hiroshima' )
world war ii: the series starts just after war ends in japan, and carries on for decades afterward .
battles without honor and humanity won the 1974 kinema junpo awards for best film, best actor (bunta sugawara) and best screenplay (kazuo kasahara). in 2009, the magazine named it fifth on a list of the top 10 japanese films of all time. due to the series' commercial and critical popularity it was followed by another three - part series, new battles without honor and humanity. the film is often called the
japanese godfather ,
[ 1 ] and marks a departure from traditional yakuza movies which had, for the most part, been tales of chivalry set in pre - war japan. the overall tone of the series is bleak, violent and chaotic, expressing the futility of the struggles between yakuza families. in the western market it is also known under the titles tarnished code of yakuza (australia), war without a code, and the yakuza papers .
greater scope villain: the akashi family and shinwa group serve as this in proxy war and police tactics, being japan' s biggest yakuza syndicates. apparently the gang war in hiroshima is just another flashpoint in the two gangs' attempts to curb power for themselves across japan .
fukasaku biographer sadao yamane believes battles without honor and humanity was popular because of the time of its release; japan' s economic growth was at its peak and at the end of the 1960s the student uprisings took place. the young people had similar feelings to those of the post - war society depicted in the films. [ 26 ] yamane also stated that for the rest of his career fukasaku was approached many times by producers to create movies similar to battles, but always turned them down wanting to move on to films he found interesting. [ 27 ]
in the teeming black markets of postwar japan, shozo hirono (bunta sugawara) and his buddies find themselves in a new war between fractious and ambitious yakuza. after joining boss yamamori, shozo is drawn into a feud with his sworn brother' s family, the dois. but that' s where the chivalry of traditional yakuza film ends and the hypocrisy, betrayal, and assassinations begin. a rare and critical perspective on the history of japan after world war ii, battles without honor & humanity is a tour - de - force that revolutionized the yakuza genre and launched kinji fukasaku and bunta sugawara to international stardom .
battles without honor and humanity has been released on home video and aired on television, the latter with some scenes cut. in 1980, the first four films were edited into a 224 - minute compilation and was given a limited theatrical release and broadcast on toei' s tv network. a blu - ray box set compiling all five films in the series was released on march 21, 2013 to celebrate its 40th anniversary .
if you were to sum up the first entry in kinji fukasaku' s groundbreaking series of movies, those would be the words to choose. the battles without honor and humanity series (a. k. a. the yakuza papers) shook the yakuza movie genre to its core, and turned it upside down. up until then, japan' s organized screen mobsters were chivalrous – outlaws, but still adhering to their own strict code of honor bound conduct. these were the ninkyo days of yakuza movies, tales set in pre - war times. fukasaku changed everything .
battles without honor and humanity has been released on home video and aired on television, the latter with some scenes cut. in 1980, the first four films were edited into a 224 - minute compilation and was given a limited theatrical release and broadcast on toei' s tv network. a blu - ray box set compiling all five films in the series was released on march 21, 2013, to celebrate its 40th anniversary. [ 3 ]
battles without honor and humanity has been released on home video and aired on television, the latter with some scenes cut. in 1980, the first four films were edited into a 224 - minute compilation and was given a limited theatrical release and broadcast on toei' s tv network. a blu - ray box set compiling all five films in the series was released on march 21, 2013, to celebrate its 40th anniversary. [ 13 ]
the honor of the yakuza is tested in this nihilistic gangster yarn about a lieutenant ...
: many world war ii vets make up the yakuza in these films, including hirono .
doesn' t stop him from driving the tensei coalition to the brink of civil war .
the yakuza papers: battles without honor and humanity home vision entertainment 1973 - 74 / color / 2: 35 anamorphic 16: 9 / + / - 500 min. / street date december 14, 2004 / 99. 95 (boxed set) 19. 95 (individual films) starring bunta sugawara, hiroki matsukata, kunie tanaka, eiko nakamura cinematography sadaji yoshida production designer takatoshi suzuki art direction film editor original music toshiaki tsushima written by koichi iiboshi, kazuo kasahara produced by directed by kinji fukasaku
: yamamori comes across as a snivelling coward most the time and shinkai claims that without the underbosses propping him up he has no power .
in the teeming black markets of postwar japan, shozo hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza ...
disc # 1 - - battles without honor and humanity: proxy war 1. chapter 1 [: 05 ] 2. chapter 2 [ 35: 39 ] 1. chapter 1 [: 05 ] 2. chapter 2 [ 10: 42 ] 1. chapter 1 [: 05 ] 2. chapter 2 [ 7: 17 ] 3. chapter 3 [ 9: 15 ] 4. chapter 4 [ 8: 09 ] 5. chapter 5 [ 9: 06 ] 6. chapter 6 [ 7: 24 ] 7. chapter 7 [ 9: 07 ] 8. chapter 8 [ 10: 41 ] 9. chapter 9 [ 3: 29 ] 10. chapter 10 [ 3: 24 ] 11. chapter 11 [ 8: 47 ] 12. chapter 12 [ 11: 18 ] 13. chapter 13 [ 6: 03 ] 14. chapter 14 [ 8: 12 ]
kasahara used the 1936 film la belle équipe as a guide for the action in battles without honor and humanity. the writer had concerns over organizing the real facts to make stories, as one could not fit everything into an action movie, and how close to stick to reality, settling on a mix of reality and human drama. he deleted all the scenes with hirono (minō) interacting with a female heroine, as it was the only request of minō, who kasahara felt had given his unspoken approval by now. this is the reason the film ends abruptly. the screenplay took kasahara 69 days to write. [ 2 ]
the series is loosely based on the serialized two - volume novel by koichi iiboshi that chronicles the hiroshima gang war that lasted nearly twenty five years. the series revolves around shozo hirono an ex - soldier living in hiroshima after world war ii .
in the wake of the bomb, ex - soldier shozo hirono [ bunta sugawara ] joins a hiroshima yakuza gang, the japanese equivalent of the mafia–and then the shootings, slashings, betrayals, and scheming begin. premiering a year after the godfather, the yakuza papers [ aka battles without honor and humanity ] also broke box office records and spawned sequels, but, in contrast, took a ruthlessly de - romanticized view of the underworld. based on an actual gang boss' s memoirs, the yakuza papers plunges the audience into a gritty, brutal, violent newsreel of a three - decade struggle for power of shakespearean complexity, a nihilistic epic unlike any other .
the series still resonates in japan, where
battles without honor & humanity
has become a common t - shirt slogan (as well the title of a tomoyasu hotei instrumental used in quentin tarantino' s kill bill, and now the cue music for seemingly every sports - related talk - radio show in america). the yakuza papers' endurance has primarily to do with the filmmaker' s critical analysis of japan' s national character. fukasaku openly questions whether the legendary japanese sense of duty was wiped out by the atomic bomb, or whether it was always just an ideal for tourists and old movies, never meant to be taken seriously .
almost all of the yamamori underbossses in fact, during the war with the doi only hirono and wakasugi are willing to take the fight to the enemy .
the advice i was given before seeing battles without honor and humanity was ,
prepare to roll with the punches .
that wasn' t enough preparation for kinji fukasaku' s five - film yakuza epic, known collectively as the yakuza papers. i was already a bit wary of fukasaku, having been less than thrilled by his later graveyard of honor; it was supposed to be a culmination of the director' s nihilistic style. i might have appreciated graveyard more had the yakuza papers come along first. it' s fukasaku' s idea of a japanese national epic seen through the tawdry vision of the yakuza genre. thirty years of gang warfare for control of the streets of japan becomes a perverse history of that nation' s rise from ignominious defeat to a modern democracy .
this review isn' t for the actual battles films as they are all stellar examples of the yakuza genre, if not the most quintessential yakuza films ever shot .
set in post - war japan, fukasaku drew on his experiences as a child during world war ii for battles without honor and humanity. at fifteen he worked with other children in a munitions factory that was regularly bombed. the director recalled
even though we were friends working together, the only thing we would be thinking of was self - preservation. we would try to get behind each other or beneath dead bodies to avoid the bombs... . i also had to clean up all the dead bodies... . i' m sure those experiences have influenced the way i look at violence .
the film, noted for its
extreme violence ,
opens with japanese soldiers, during america' s occupation of their country, stealing food and murdering for a bowl of rice. [ 8 ] using hand - held camera, zoom lenses and natural lighting to create a
gritty, chaotic look ,
the director showed his generation' s struggle to survive in the post - war chaos. [ 9 ] the shaky camera technique has since become a trademark of the director .
we' re told that fukasaku' s the yakuza papers changed all that. based on reportedly true stories of decades of gang feuding, the title
without honor and humanity
is entirely accurate. the previous romantic notion of loyalty is a sham from the start. vicious gangs build rackets out of the immediate post - war climate of black marketeering and national humiliation. the rituals are all there even though fukasaku doesn' t dwell on them: thugs attach themselves to clans almost in marriage, supposedly waiving all other ties of loyalty. but most of the soldiers and almost all of the bosses ignore the yakuza code while working whatever machiavellian schemes are available to them. gang personnel are treated as expendable assets. bosses wheedle and talk about honor while their wives whine on about nobility and make promises nobody intends to keep. if that' s not the story of the modern business world, nothing is .
“the hunter is stronger than the prey”. the secret history of japan’s post - war capitalism. it starts with a mushroom cloud and just goes more savage from there .
, a five - film analysis of hiroshima gangster wars spanning twenty - five years. covering a twelve - year period immediately following world war ii ,
home vision' s impressively - mounted boxed set of the yakuza papers: battles without honor and humanity comes in a metal sleeve (so i am assured) with a card and plastic insert that folds out like an accordion. an insert booklet has essays by patrick macias and tom mes and reproductions of original posters. a sixth disc contains a number of interview docus, detailed below. william friedkin talks about the influence these pictures had on american action films, but i' m not sure they were ever really screened here until the 1990s, in bad - boy action retrospectives at film festivals and the american cinematheque. in any case the series seems more influenced by the free - form aesthetic of american action movies, especially blaxploitation movies. the cool soundtrack score frequently resembles the catchy jazz riffs from american actioners of the time .
when shundo selected fukasaku to direct he received backlash from his toei colleagues, who felt the director could not make the film
interesting
or
commercial
enough. shundo himself did not like fukasaku' s earlier films, stating that he made them for his own enjoyment only, but changed his mind after seeing 1972' s street mobster. [ 6 ] kasahara was against the selection of fukasaku. [ 2 ] fukasaku biographer sadao yamane explained the two had worked together previously and fought over a story fukasaku disliked, although the two eventually worked over it, the director left the project due to ill health. however, when fukasaku read the battles without honor and humanity script he said he would not change a thing and the film was green lit. [ 7 ]
the film is credited as one of the first modern yakuza films; prior, movies about yakuza were known as ninkyō eiga ,
chivalry films
, and set in pre - war japan. [ 4 ] the a. v. club' s noel murray states that fukasaku' s yakuza instead only
adhere to codes of honor when it' s in their best interest, but otherwise bully and kill indiscriminately .
[ 23 ] dennis lim of the village voice writes
fukasaku' s yakuza flicks drain criminal netherworlds of romance, crush codes of honor underfoot, and nullify distinctions between good and evil .
[ 24 ] film scholar richard torrance suggests that the film acts as a
microcosm of the broader society and international order of the post - war period, in which violence lacks moral significance and exists without heroes .
[ 25 ] this new yakuza film genre became known as jitsuroku eiga (
actual record film
), often depicting events based on true stories .
fukasaku begins battles with a still picture of an atomic blast, establishing the series as a critique of the
in - the - ruins generation
that was born in the rubble of world war ii. throughout the yakuza papers, characters refer back to the war, as in deadly fight in hiroshima, where the hero wishes he had been a kamikaze pilot, so he' d be spared the fate of a lovesick, suicidal button - man. the series starts in the hiroshima refugee camps of 1946, where a group of young men get involved with the black market and ally themselves with the region' s crime
families .
bunta sugawara stars as the toughest of the lot, who watches his friends' idealism get swamped by the job' s necessities. over the next four films— deadly fight, proxy war, police tactics, and final episode —the story hardly changes. for 25 years, the yakuza families swap loyalties and butcher each other, while sugawara does his best to stay out of the fray and make a living .
during the violent chaos of post - war japanese black market, a young gangster called shozo hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses .
this story of the power struggle between and within yakuza clans in post - war hiroshima begins in 1946 and runs through into the 50s. and opening as it does with footage of the bomb which had so recently destroyed the city, the film signals that it is going to be bloody and violent and have little respect for life .
trope maker: for jitsuroku - eiga, a deconstructive sub - genre of yakuza films that were far more cynical than 1960s ninkyo films which were filled with far more idealistic tales about honor, brotherhood, tradition, and loyalty .
and humanity, a new audio commentary by critic and author stuart galbraith iv filling in many details of kinji fukasaku' s efforts to grind these out ats a steady pace as well as the massive impact on japanese culture at the time, the violence and much more. it' s a good listen! also on the first
the fourth film began in september 1973. set after the hiroshima incidents, hirono and the lead characters are now high - ranking bosses that do not appear in the battles themselves. therefore, kasahara and director kinji fukasaku decided to show the violent story from multiple angles in an objective way. [ 2 ]
the honor of the yakuza is tested in this nihilistic gangster yarn about a lieutenant (akira kobayashi) released from prison who discovers his only hope of survival is to take a position in a rival organization led by hino (jo ...
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crapsack world: japan, post - war, is portrayed as chaotic, lawless place, where a man can' t walk down the street without risk to his safety and well being. even in his own home, he may be shot in his sleep. the yakuza have politicians in their pocket, and the police are initially at a loss to keep up. by the end of the series, things have gotten better for japan as a whole, but there are still indications that the yakuza are just as disadvantaged yet backstabbing as when they began .
kinji fukasaku directed this powerful and uncompromising look at the deadly stakes of life among the yakuza - - the japanese mafia. shozo hirono (bunta sugawara) is a former japanese soldier who, following his nation' s defeat in world war ii, finds ...
that' s where shozo comes unto his own. distinguishing himself by refusing to blindly follow orders, shozo sees that he' s being set up as an expendable proxy and instead pulls his own careful counter move that he hopes will result in the expulsion of his dishonorable boss. naturally nothing is that easy but it' s fascinating to see how shozo, a good player but no genius, works his way through impossible situations .
with the korean war in 1950s, the yamamori family thrives and expands in the immediate years, but internal strife begins when members start dealing philopon due to the high price the boss takes off their earnings. sakai, who follows the boss' orders not to sell, feuds with shinkai when he discovers shinkai' s underling toshio arita is dealing the drug, but agrees yamamori' s take is too high. the family adopts sakai' s plan to each become self - sustaining, which results in a large drop in the boss' funds, with only shinkai and yano objecting. shinkai is contacted by kanamaru to reform the doi family and get rid of sakai, and yamagata is killed for tailing them and finding this out. when it is revealed that yamamori is selling the drugs he confiscates from the other members for himself, sakai and ueda threaten the boss that without them he would be nothing. yamamori has ueda killed by arita and a war breaks out. it proves to be very one sided with shinkai and doi men being killed in the streets before arita is arrested and shinkai killed attempting to escape .
. they are set in post - war japan, just following the end of the war. in particular, it centers on a certain former soldier, named shozo hirono (played by bunta sugawara), as he navigates the yakuza underworld and claws his way to the top, surrounded by liars and schemers. the series is 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, giving the movies a documentary or biographical feel .
in the early episodes shozo forms strong ties with doomed yakuza buddies who try to live up to the code. these relationships give us something to care about in what would otherwise be a completely nihilistic series of rotten deals and betrayals. by the third episode fukasaku and his writers are veering into political territory, already implied through the constant visual return to that civic building retained as a memorial to the atomic bombing of hiroshima. the third chapter is called proxy wars in an attempt to show that the yakuza strife is a microcosm for the cold war struggle happening in the late 60s - instead of battling in the open, the yakuza clans allow captains and sub - chiefs to settle conflicts at a lower level in much the way that america and the soviet union (in some interpretations) nutured client states to be come substitute combatants. proxies do the fighting and suffer the consequences, and the masters are free to disassociate themselves when necessary .
in honor of the just released criterion collection' s magnificent 4k blu - ray restoration of director john ford' s beloved classic
oung mr. lincoln producer / host dick dinman showcases his chat with the prolific director andrew v. mclaglen who knew director ford both intimately and professionally from the early' 30s until ford' s demise in the' 70s and andrew relates some never before heard and frequently hilarious stories about this charismatic yet crotchety and unpredictable cinema giant .
, biographer and film historian scott eyman spoke with fonda' s widow and children as well as three of stewart' s children, plus actors and directors who had worked with the men - - in addition to doing extensive archival research to get the full details of their time together. this is not another hollywood story, but a fascinating portrait of an extraordinary friendship that lasted through war, marriages, children, careers, and everything else .
wife seems to hold far more authority at times. his solid skills with bribery and bureaucracy and
bash brothers: hirono and wakasugi become bonded brothers in prison and remain loyal to each other through thick and thin, despite being in different families .
glenn has published two books of reviews, and has been writing and researching for tcm since 2004 .
so quentin tarantino watched this movie and lady snowblood and decieded to make nothing but movies like them .
curb - stomp battle: the civil war between the sakai and shinkai factions of the yamamori family. the only losses on the sakai side are the assassinations that start it, once it gets going all the casualties are on the shinkai side with the dragon, arita getting arrested and shinkai getting stabbed to death as he tries to flee spelling a quick end to the whole affair .
but the overall impression of the films is that of a violent saga awash in blood, betrayal, treachery and aggression stemming from the open competition for power within the gangs themselves. the clans are organized along business lines and are supposed to function under a code of honor in which underlings make blood oaths to their superiors and remain loyal unto death. according to the plentiful docu extras included with the boxed set, the previous decade of yakuza films focused on conflicted but honorable men trying to resolve irreconcilable problems of loyalty. a yakuza swears allegiance to one boss but retains a blood - brother association with someone in another gang. the resolution is usually a bloodbath followed by a sacrifice, usually a long prison term. the noble yakuza retains his honor but remains a loser in life .
black and gray morality: really, no one is good in this series. for one thing, they' re all yakuza, which makes them evil by default. but there is really not a single decent person in the cast. while some, like hirono, do actually cherish the yakuza honor code, they find it nearly impossible to keep it in the immoral surroundings they find themselves in, and even they turn to assassinations, and murder just to stay alive .
the writer flew to hiroshima on april 2, 1973 to ask minō and takeshi hattori, second president of the kyosei - kai, the reasons for the war. he found that the two men each had opposite explanations, but because the films were based on minō, kasahara sided with him. upon following the conflicts between the high ranking bosses and their complicated relationships, he had a nervous breakdown .
the violent, documentary - like film chronicles the underworld tribulations of shozo hirono (bunta sugawara), a young ex - soldier and street thug in post - war hiroshima prefecture. starting in the open - air black markets of bombed - out hiroshima in 1946, the film spans a period of more than ten years. the plot consists of a changing of the guard of new families and organizations with the same feuds and people, punctuated by the gritty violence .
the writer flew to hiroshima on april 2, 1973 to ask minō and takeshi hattori, second president of the kyosei - kai, the reasons for the war. he found that the two men each had opposite explanations, but because the films were based on minō, kasahara sided with him. upon following the conflicts between the high ranking bosses and their complicated relationships, he had a nervous breakdown. [ 1 ]
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( 1954) - - was in many ways the anti - auteur. during his unprecedented twenty - seven - year tenure at warner bros. , he directed swashbuckling adventures, westerns, musicals, war epics, historical dramas, horror films, melodramas, comedies, and film noir masterpieces. the director' s staggering output of 180 films surpasses that of the legendary john ford and exceeds the combined total of films directed by george cukor, victor fleming, and howard hawks .
two months later in 1962, the yamamori family absorbs the muraoka family and is now led by boss yamamori. uchimoto is publicly humiliated at the after party by yamamori, prompting him to break into tears. after everyone else leaves, uchimoto begins to yell at shozo, thinking he agreed to yamamori as boss and kept the succession a secret from him. uchimoto then threatens to destroy yamamori and kill hirono. uchimoto decides to use his role as mediator in a conflict between the hamazaki and komori families from iwakuni to begin a proxy war for control of the yamamori family, which he believes is rightfully his position. yamamori sides with hamazaki because masakichi makihara is his sworn brother and announces they will fully support him, while uchimoto clearly favors komori despite his mediator role. after the dispute is resolved with uchimoto the victor, another begins when uchimoto finally does become a sworn brother to boss akashi and yamamori aligns with the shinwa group. after makihara' s plan to kill hirono fails and hirono tricks his fellow family members into being forced to reconcile with uchimoto, hirono himself is tricked by takeda and is expelled from the yamamori family with matsunaga subsequently resigning from the yakuza life refusing to go against hirono. due to hirono' s expulsion, the akashi force uchimoto to end his friendly terms with the yamamori family members so they can aid hirono. at the film' s end, hirono family member kuramoto is killed while trying to assassinate makihara and his cremation ceremony is shot up in an effort to kill hirono .
. one shot sends most yakuza fleeing and bleeding, and even after two or three they are writhing in agony and screaming in pain before finally expiring. especially apparent in the fourth film .
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in fall 1963, the police crack down on yakuza activities nationwide due to public outcry and in preparation for the upcoming 1964 summer olympics. however, the war between the yamamori family and shinwa group versus the uchimoto, hirono, and akashi families wages on. noburo uchimoto, shozo hirono and shinichi iwai recruit hidemitsu kawada and tomoji okajima, the usually neutral leader of the gisei group, to their side. when masakichi makihara' s men kill a member of hirono' s family he wants to go after yamamori himself, however retired yakuza and hirono' s adviser kenichi okubo stops him. akira takeda threatened okubo to keep hirono in kure, as yamamori has fled to hiroshima city while makihara' s men stay to fight hirono' s .
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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 .
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they got along famously, with a shared interest in elaborate practical jokes and model airplanes, among other things. fonda was a liberal democrat, stewart a conservative republican, but after one memorable blow - up over politics, they agreed never to discuss that subject again. fonda was a ladies' man who was married five times; stewart remained married to the same woman for forty - five years. both men volunteered during world war ii and were decorated for their service. when stewart returned home, still unmarried, he once again moved in with fonda, his wife, and his two children, jane and peter, who knew him as uncle jimmy .
due to the success of the first film, toei demanded that screenwriter kazuo kasahara finally write about the hiroshima yakuza war depicted in kōichi iiboshi' s articles, which are in - turn based on the journals of kōzō minō, and split it into two films. kasahara had purposely avoided that part of the story for the first two installments, not only because he was daunted by all the names and relationships that were presented in a complex way, but also because he would have to write about the yamaguchi - gumi and was concerned about the agreements he made to the people involved in the incidents .
due to the success of the first film, toei demanded that screenwriter kazuo kasahara finally write about the hiroshima yakuza war depicted in kōichi iiboshi' s articles, which are themselves based on the journals of kōzō minō, and split it into two films. kasahara had purposely avoided that part of the story for the first two installments, not only because he was daunted by all the names and relationships that were presented in a complex way, but also because he would have to write about the yamaguchi - gumi and was concerned about the agreements he made to the people involved in the incidents. [ 2 ]
in the meantime, uchimoto is kidnapped by takeda and yamamori and forced to reveal the plan to them. yamamori tips the police off to a year - old crime hirono committed to have him arrested. without him, the akashi attack never happens and yamamori and makihara are able to return to kure. due to takeda tricking okajima' s girlfriend, yamamori is able to have okajima killed much to takeda' s anger, as he believes it hurt their image with the public. gisei group member shoichi fujita retaliates by bombing shoichi eda' s office and uchimoto rats on his own men who planned to attack yamamori as a favor for takeda releasing him. when uchimoto' s men learn this they launch a deadly gunfight in public, which leads police to arrest uchimoto, eda, and yamamori. iwai and his men immediately fly to kure to rebuild the gisei group, while takeda recruits further allies including his former enemy otomo. takeda has boss akashi' s house in kobe bombed, and the akashi assume it was the shinwa group and retaliate accordingly before further violence follows in hiroshima .
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due to the success of the first film, toei demanded that screenwriter kazuo kasahara finally write about the hiroshima yakuza war depicted in kōichi iiboshi' s articles, which are in - turn based on the journals of kōzō minō, and split it into two films. kasahara had purposely avoided that part of the story for the first two installments, not only because he was daunted by all the names and relationships that were presented in a complex way, but also because he would have to write about the yamaguchi - gumi and was concerned about the agreements he made to the people involved in the incidents. [ 1 ]
the yakuza papers is japan' s answer to america' s the godfather which was released a few years before. the yakuza and mobster are distant cousins that follow similar codes and are bound by a sense of honor to their boss. director fukasaku doesn' t use violence for the sake of violence and his films, like those of all true artists, represent the reality that surrounds them. if you' ve made it this far into the series, chances are you really enjoy the story or at least the ultraviolence portrayed among the whiny crime bosses (makes you wonder how they got there in the first place) and the tough as nails gangsters that back them up... . when they' re not changing sides .
liked the comparison of proxy wars between usa and ussr to that of yakuza gangs by the narrator at the beginning. i thought the pointless violence might be turned down a notch in favor of a smart script focusing on inner politics of the yakuza, which happened to some degree but not enough to make this a smart film. i loved the fact that shozo and yomomori played larger parts in this film than they did in
deadly fight in hiroshima
. shozo' s character by this film, the 3rd in the series, had grown considerably complex, which just added to the joy of watching the series and his life unfolding as a yakuza. uchida was a great character to add along with what his presence added to the story. yomomori is one of the funniest and lamest crime bosses i have seen: he weeps when matsunaga tries to defy him and says
can' t you see how i feel !
- just hilarious. another nice touch was the camaraderie between matsunaga and hirono. the interaction between all the underbosses was great too. nice ending as well here. the problem was that it was confusing at times and was more of a set up for police tactics .
boring, but practical: knives and sticks aren' t as cool looking as katanas, but they get the job done, quickly and efficiently .
and the film itself is 3 3 / 4 hours and is, obviously, less - robust - still almost filling a full 50 gig disc .
among others) and the explosive energy suits the genre very well. the quality is imperfect but adds flavor to the film' s charisma and frequent aggression. there are optional english subtitles and, as stated, the 6
endless senseless violence. fukasaku can get bogged down in plot in the middle sections, but whenever he unchains his camera and lets his performers go wild he creates truly unhinged and scary sequences of desperate, sweaty and nihilistic bloodshed .
as japan gears up for the 1964 olympic games, the cops start to crack down under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of hiroshima. akira kobayashi' s takeda tries to keep a lid on things, but hotheaded underlings create chaos, with one boss whacked in neutral territory, and the craven boss, uchimoto, informing on an assassination attempt by his own minions. while the police round up hundreds of yakuza foot soldiers, bunta sugawara' s shozo hirono plots to finally take out longtime nemesis, boss yamamori .
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. he is the host and producer of the arthur lyons film noir festival in palm springs, california, and director - treasurer of the film noir foundation .
down and dirty, woozy and chaotic. violence is not grand. it' s messy, over quick, and hard to follow. this is the only way the stories of yakuza end. with bloody, bullet - ridden bodies in the cigarette butt - strewn gutters of japan and a name in a newspaper .
, with supporting actor and stuntman seizo fukumoto discussing his work in the series and his career for almost 11 - minutes. another trailer is tacked on to this
the successor to hiroshima' s most powerful yakuza family, the muraokas, is whacked in broad daylight on a busy city street. what unfolds is a yakuza succession crisis, as the weaseley uchimoto (takeshi kato) dithers and the slimy, backstabbing boss yamamori steps in as the muraoka' s new boss. bunta sugawara' s would - be independent yakuza, shozo hirono, is caught in the middle, having to play powerbroker. but the opposing factions seek support from powerful families in kobe, making all out war inevitable .
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the men of the yakuza experience an organic expansion / contraction / expansion of their organization. post - war japan reels from the bombs and the influence of america weighs over citizens like a fog. the film is paced in such a way that you don' t get to know the men of the yakuza. they are instead made into snapshots of their final moments. obituaries made stylistic, but these images aren' t pretty. they' re rough, hewn and caked in dried blood. there' s no satisfaction in devouring one rival of the yakuza, because another man takes his place. the cycle never breaks .
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release that is being simultaneously released in both region' a' (us) and' b' (uk). it is the exact same package on both sides of the pond beyond minor cosmetic differences on the disc labels and sleeve to do with differing copyright info and barcodes, and the us release doesn' t have bbfc logos .
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supporting protagonist: shozo is this in the second and first half of the final film .
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despite being an absolute piece of shit and the slimiest character of them all, yamamori survives the whole series. the worst he gets is one - and - a - half year of jail time at the end of the fourth movie, and he gets out on bail .
henry fonda and james stewart were two of the biggest stars in hollywood for forty years. they became friends and then roommates as stage actors in new york, and when they began making films in hollywood, they roomed together again. between them they made such memorable films as
with this violent yakuza saga, influencing filmmakers from quentin tarantino to takashi miike. made within just two years, the five - film series brought a new kind of realism and ferocity to the crime genre in japan, revitalizing the industry and leading to unprecedented commercial and critical success .
these are very entertaining films. they describe the history of the yakuza in japan from the immediate post - war period to their present (1973 - 74) by focussing on the careers of a handful of individuals operating in hiroshima. i have seen these films compared to the godfather films (the first two anyway), which were released at about the same time. they are not as polished and operatic as the godfather films, but like the godfather films, they do benefit from the presence of many interesting characters and situations. these movies reminded me more of the velachi papers in terms of production values, tone and style. this is not a bad thing in my eyes, as that film is also an entertaining look at the development of organized crime seen through the examination of one man' s career. the films are a lot of fun to watch and seeing the development of the characters from era to era was fun. the image quality and sound quality on the discs is very good. the supplemental materials are also very interesting and the packaging is also well done and solid. no cardboard sleeves etc. here (i' m looking at you marvel :) )
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punctuating tab' s on - screen presence are rare film clips and provocative interviews with friends and co - stars including john waters, clint eastwood, george takei, debbie reynolds, robert wagner, portia de rossi, noah wyle, connie stevens, robert osborne, and dozens more .
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my father was responsible for making me dread the theater ,
he admitted. after being sacked as an office boy for a london accountant, bart marshall (as friends called him) finally followed in his father' s footsteps. that is, until king and country stepped in during wwi .
i was a lady from hell ,
he mused years later .
the london scottish, a kilted infantry regiment .
on the western front, shrapnel destroyed bart' s knee. his leg was amputated. what marshall brought to the screen was rooted in the unforeseen consequences of this traumatic war injury .
in 2000 and 2003, a new duology was released, with a similar title to the second trilogy, directed by junji sakamoto (the first film) and hajime hashimoto (the second) .
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battles without honor and humanity : proxy war ( japanese : 仁義なき戦い 代理戦争 hepburn : jingi naki tatakai : dairi senso ) is a 1973 japanese yakuza film directed by kinji fukasaku . it is the third film in a five-part series that fukasaku made in a span of just two years . 
battles without honor and humanity: proxy war (japanese: 仁義なき戦い 代理戦争 hepburn: jingi naki tatakai: dairi senso) is a 1973 japanese yakuza film directed by kinji fukasaku. it is the third film in a five-part series that fukasaku made in a span of just two years.
battles without honor and humanity: proxy war (japanese: 仁義なき戦い 代理戦争 hepburn: jingi naki tatakai: dairi senso) is a 1973 japanese yakuza film directed by kinji fukasaku. it is the third film in a five-part series that fukasaku made in a span of just two years.