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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973

1h 42m

7.0(59 votes)

Action

Drama

Crime

Overview

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.

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Toei Company

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Shozo Hirono

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Noboru Uchimoto

Akira Kobayashi

Akira Kobayashi

Akira Takeda

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Hiroshi Matsunaga

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Masakichi Makihara

Shingo Yamashiro

Shingo Yamashiro

Shoichi Eda

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Yoshio Yamamori

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Hideo Hayakawa

Tatsuo Umemiya

Tatsuo Umemiya

Shinichi Iwai

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Kenichi Okubo

Creative team

Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Written by: Koichi Iiboshi
Kazuo Kasahara

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