Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
| Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics | |
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Produced by | Goro Kusakabe |
| Written by |
Kazuo Kasahara Kōichi Iiboshi (original story) |
| Starring |
Bunta Sugawara Akira Kobayashi Takeshi Katō |
| Narrated by | Tetsu Sakai |
| Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima |
| Cinematography | Sadaji Yoshida |
| Edited by | Shintaro Miyamoto |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Release date
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January 15, 1974 |
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Running time
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101 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (Japanese: 仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦 Hepburn: Jingi Naki Tatakai: Chojo Sakusen?) is a 1974 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It is the fourth film in a five-part series that Fukasaku made in a span of just two years.
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.
The police, knowing that supporting all the visiting reinforcements is taking a monetary toll, strictly watch the gangs' illegal business collections. When an Uchimoto member accidentally kills a civilian, the public demands further action and the media begin photographing yakuza in brawls. The police put a constant stakeout on Hirono's base, effectively paralyzing him, Uchimoto refuses to take action, and his backers the Akashi get entangled in resistance in Tokyo. When Hirono learns that Yamamori will be in Kobe, he secretly leaves his base and plans to kill him then. However, during the trip, his men leave him stranded and intend to perform the hit themselves. But the Akashi stop them, not wanting the murder to happen on their turf, instead Iwai plans a large memorial service for Hirono's killed man, using it as an excuse to send him numerous reinforcements for an attack.
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