Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
| Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | |
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Produced by | Goro Kusakabe |
| Written by |
Kazuo Kasahara Koji Shundo (concept) Kōichi Iiboshi (original story) |
| Starring |
Bunta Sugawara Akira Kobayashi Takeshi Katō Mikio Narita Kunie Tanaka Nobuo Kaneko |
| Narrated by | Tetsu Sakai |
| Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima |
| Cinematography | Sadaji Yoshida |
| Edited by | Kozo Horiike |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Release date
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September 25, 1973 |
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Running time
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102 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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.
In Hiroshima Prefecture September 1960, temporary leader of the Muraoka yakuza family Fumio Sugihara is assassinated while walking with Shozo Hirono and Muraoka member Noburo Uchimoto. At Sugihara's funeral, one of the guests vomits on Sugihara's remains and hastily leaves the ceremony. The others know that the man was beaten by Sugihara and probably vomited on purpose. Hirono and fellow Muraoka members Hiroshi Matsunaga and Akira Takeda ask Uchimoto, the sworn brother of the deceased, to take care of the man, but he cowardly refuses, much to their anger.
Later, Shozo meets with his adviser Kanichi Okubo, a retired yakuza, who explains that Hirono has to switch parole guarantors with Okubo agreeing to Yoshio Yamamori, Hirono's former boss that he renounced loyalty from some years prior. Even after learning that Yamamori only suggested it because Boss Muraoka is resigning and Shozo has a close connection with his family, Shozo unwillingly rejoins the Yamamori family. Hirono, close friends with Shinichi Iwai of the large Akashi family in Kobe, is then asked by Uchimoto if he can find a member of the Akashi to become his sworn brother. This would strengthen Uchimoto's position as Muraoka's successor. Shozo also takes a young delinquent named Takeshi Kuramoto under his wing at the request of his old school teacher.
That summer, Soichi Eda is released from prison and he, Hirono, Uchimoto, Takeda, and Matsunaga all become sworn brothers. In June of the following year, thanks to Hirono, Uchimoto's request is approved and he becomes a sworn brother of Shigeo Aihara, who is a sworn brother of Akashi family boss Tetsuo Akashi. It is then explained that there is only one real threat to the Akashi's dominance in Japan; their Kobe rivals the Shinwa Group. The Akashis and the Shinwa, and their various alliances, are fighting all across Japan, causing many casualties, with Hiroshima becoming a flash point in the power struggle.
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