Crime ·Drama · Japan · 1974 · 1h 41m

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦

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Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Cast
Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono Tatsuo Umemiya as Shinichi Iwai Toshio Kurosawa as Shigeru Takemoto Kunie Tanaka as Masakichi Makihara Shingo Yamashiro as Shoichi Eda Ichirō Ogura as Hiroshi Nozaki
Crew
Sadaji Yoshida — Director of Photography Shintarō Miyamoto — Editor Toshiaki Tsushima — Original Music Composer Kazuo Kasahara — Screenplay Koichi Iiboshi — Story Gorô Kusakabe — Producer
Synopsis

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

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Mood & Themes
assassinationpoliceyakuzagang warhiroshima, japanmurdermob boss1960scrackdownshōwa era (1926-89)
Key Collaborators
Kinji Fukasaku Director Sadaji Yoshida Director of Photography Shintarō Miyamoto Editor Toshiaki Tsushima Original Music Composer Kazuo Kasahara Screenplay Koichi Iiboshi Story Gorô Kusakabe Producer Norimichi Igawa Production Design Toshikazu Matsumoto Costume Design
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