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Film / 1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Bunta SugawaraShozo Hirono
Tatsuo UmemiyaShinichi Iwai
Toshio KurosawaShigeru Takemoto
Kunie TanakaMasakichi Makihara
Shingo YamashiroShoichi Eda
Ichirō OguraHiroshi Nozaki
Akio HasegawaYasuki Fukuda
Shinichirō MikamiHidemitsu Kawada
Isao NatsuyagiHiroshi Sugimoto
Yoko HorikoshiAiko Mitsukawa
Toshie KimuraToshika
Sanae NakaharaKikue
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Mayumi NagisaMieko
Nobuo KanekoYoshio Yamamori
Asao KoikeTomoji Okajima
Asao UchidaKenichi Ôkubo
Tatsuo EndōAihara
Takeshi KatōNoburo Uchimoto
Hiroki MatsukataShoichi Fujita
Akira KobayashiAkira Takeda
Nobuo YanaIsamu Kasai
Seizō FukumotoTsunehiko Yamazaki
Mitsuko AoiAkemi
Emi JoChizuko
Takuzō KawataniPoliceman at hospital
Tetsu SakaiNarrator
Ryuji Katagiri
Ryō NishidaTsutomu Morita
Masako ArakiNozaki's Mother
Yoshio YoshidaTeacher
Hideo MurotaHideo Hayakawa
Mizuho SuzukiEditor-in-Chief
Takashi NoguchiMasuo Iwami
Isao TakanamiSadamatsu Koga
Gorō ŌkiKuniaki Yamamoto
Masazumi OkabeShuichi Yanai
Nenji KobayashiHiroshi Taniguchi
Kōjiro ShirakawaTokio Kusuda
Masaharu ArikawaTatsuo Mikami
Harumi SoneToshio Ueda
Manabu HokutoMasaru Maruyama
Minken KarasawaReporter A
Daisuke AwajiKosaku Maejima
Yasuhiro SuzukiChief Investigator
Tetsuo AshidaPrefectural Police Headquarters Section Chief
Yoshihiro IgarashiNoboru Mizukami
Naoya MakotoKaneda Mori
Ryōta MinowadaFurukawa
Masataka IwaoShuzo Yoshikura
Shinji OdaKamishiro Miyukichi
Yoshinobu Hirose
Yasumori Hikita
Masaru ShigaShinsuke Yoshii
Chū TakatsukiHonda Shiro
Katsuji HeiwaRyoichi Uehara
Kyôko TsukasaWoman A
Mineko MaruhiraWoman B
Kayoko FukunagaHostess
Jiro ShiraiHisahiro Mori
Kuniomi KitaniSakuji Wada
Ryuji KomineAkihira Okiyama
Toshio MatsudaYoung Men of the Yosei Association
Ryōzō MaekawaYoung Men of the Yosei Association
Tetsuo TorisuPoliceman in Jeep
Yûsuke TsukasaOsamu Yumino
Yasuo MatsumotoSekiya
Mitsuru SawaTakashi Tomoda
Hideo ShimadaOkajima's friend
Yoshiki YamadaCriminal B
Yasushi Ôki
Kenji IkedaLaborer B
Tamaro MurataOfficer
Yukitomo TochinoKinzo Eda
Kenichi MatsudaNozaki's younger brother
Tomiko HiroseNozaki's younger sister
Rieko ÔiNozaki's younger sister
Hideo Fujimoto
Gentarō MoriCriminal A
Yukio MiyagiRyuji Matsui
Shunji SasakiHideshi Oda
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