While The Godfather romanticized the American Mafia in the early 1970s, Kinji Fukasaku's five-film series known as The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor & Humanity revolutionized the Japanese yakuza film with unprecedented intensity. A post-World War II epic that broke Japanese box-office records, this complex, utterly authentic cycle of gangster films replaced the popular ninkyo or "chivalry" films of the '60s with jitsuroku, an entirely new breed of gangster film that rose from the ashes of Hiroshima and post-war reconstruction, depicting a meticulously detailed "alternate history" that had been ignored by the "official" factual record.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

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In the midst of Japan's post-war black market turmoil, a ruthless young gangster named Shozo Hirono navigates the ever-changing landscape of power struggles between cunning crime bosses.

Hiroshima Death Match

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A former victim of gang violence seeks revenge by joining the yakuza, only to find himself entangled in a complex web of loyalty, love, and betrayal, leaving a trail of enemies and bodies in his wake.

Proxy War

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In a world of volatile alliances, Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono navigates treacherous gang dynamics, where family ties prove fragile and gang conflicts simmer just below the surface.

Police Tactics

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The escalating conflicts between Hirono's and Yamamori's families, fueled by their respective allies and the police's efforts to quash the gangs, reach a boiling point.

Final Episode

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Takeda manipulates his crime organization into a political party, with its executives fueling new power struggles in their pursuit of dominance.

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