New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (2000 film)
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| Directed by | Junji Sakamoto |
| Produced by | Yukiko Shii Izumi Toyoshima Toshio Zushi |
| Written by |
Kōji Takada Kōichi Iiboshi (story) |
| Starring |
Etsushi Toyokawa Tomoyasu Hotei Shō Aikawa Ittoku Kishibe Kōichi Satō |
| Music by | Tomoyasu Hotei |
| Cinematography | Norimichi Kasamatsu |
| Edited by | Takeo Araki |
| Distributed by | Toei |
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Release date
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November 25, 2000 |
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Running time
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109 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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| Soundtrack album by Tomoyasu Hotei | |
| Released | November 29, 2000 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 34:42 |
| Label | EMI Music Japan |
| Producer | Tomoyasu Hotei |
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Japanese: 新・仁義なき戦い。 Hepburn: Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai.?), also known as Another Battle, is a 2000 Japanese yakuza film directed by Junji Sakamoto. It is a remake of Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity series from the 1970s, which were 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.
Rock musician Tomoyasu Hotei, who plays Tochino Masatatsu, wrote the soundtrack to the film. Its title piece would be reworked and retitled "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" and go on to become a hit both in Japan and internationally. The film was followed by New Battles Without Honor and Humanity/Murder, or Another Battle/Conspiracy, directed by Hajime Hashimoto in 2003.
While the film is a remake of the original Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, it has no direct similarities. Set in Osaka, it focuses on former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo (Etsushi Toyokawa) and Tochino Masatatsu (Tomoyasu Hotei) as their lives cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano (Ittoku Kishibe) and the young Nakahira (Kōichi Satō). Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
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