Battles without honor and humanity
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.
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| Language: | Japanese English |
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[Chicago, IL] :
Home Vision Entertainment,
2004.
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Battles without honor and humanity |h [videorecording] / |c director, Kinji Fukasaku ; screenplay, Kazuo Kasahara ; original story, Koichi Iiboshi. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Yakuza papers : |n vol. 1 : |p Battles without honor & humanity | |
| 260 | |a [Chicago, IL] : |b Home Vision Entertainment, |c 2004. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : |b sd., col. and b&w ; |c 4 3/4 in. + |e 1 booklet | ||
| 538 | |a DVD format. NTSC, region 1, 2.35:1 aspect ratio. | ||
| 546 | |a Sound tracks in Japanese, with optional subtitles in English. | ||
| 511 | 1 | |a Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Tsunehiko Watase, Nobuo Kaneko, Tatsuo Umemiya, Shinichi Chiba, Meiko Kaji, Hiroshi Nawa, Mikio Narita, Asao Koike, Kinya Kitaoji, Akira Kobayashi, Shingo Yamashiro, Reiko Ike, Toshie Kimura, Toshio Kurosawa, Kunie Tanaka. | |
| 508 | |a Cinematographer, Sadaji Yoshida ; music, Toshiaki Tsushima. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 520 | |a In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza. After joining boss Yamamori, Shozo is drawn into a feud with his sworn brother's family, the Dois. But that's when the chivalry ends and the hypocrisy, betrayal, and assasinations begin. | ||
| 520 | |a Deadly fight in Hiroshima = Hiroshima shito hen: Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hit man and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero Shozo Hirono into a new round of bloodshed, culminating with the tragic demise of the young Yamanka. | ||
| 500 | |a Special features: original theatrical trailers and director filmography. | ||
| 500 | |a Program notes inserted in container: The yakuza wars of Hiroshima, a pull-out viewer's guide to yakuza characters, gang affiliations, deaths, battles, ascensions, and incarcerations found in The yakuza papers series. | ||
| 540 | |a Home use only. | ||
| 540 | |a Copy protected. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Yakuza |z Japan |v Drama. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Gangs |v Drama. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Gangsters |v Drama. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Hiroshima-chō (Japan) |v Drama. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Foreign language films |x Japanese. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Motion pictures |z Japan. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Foreign films |z Japan. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Film adaptations. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Sugawara, Bunta, |d 1933-2014. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Matsukata, Hiroki, |d 1942-2017. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Watase, Tsunehiko, |d 1944-2017. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kaneko, Nobuo, |d 1923-1995. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Umemiya, Tatsuo, |d 1938- | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Chiba, Sonny, |d 1939- | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kaji, Meiko. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Nawa, Hiroshi. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Narita, Mikio. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Koike, Asao, |d 1931-1985. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kitaoji, Kinya. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kobayashi, Akira, |d 1938- | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Tsushima, Toshiaki. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Fukasaku, Kinji. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Iiboshi, Kōichi, |d 1927-1996. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kasahara, Kazuo, |d 1927-2002. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Home Vision Entertainment (Firm) | |
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