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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity - Where to Watch

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74

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Here are a few quick details to keep in mind about the Toei Company drama flick. Battles Without Honor and Humanity starring Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka, Eiko Nakamura has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min. The movie received a user score of 74/100 on TMDb, which was calculated from reviews from 113 real users.

Need a fast recap before watching? Here's the plot: "In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza."

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