Battles Without Honor And Humanity The Complete Collection Blu-ray Set presents Kinji Fukasaku’s landmark five-film yakuza saga in High Definition, a gritty, explosive chronicle that redefined Japanese crime cinema. Influencing filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino to Takashi Miike, this series brought documentary-style realism, political complexity and shocking violence to the genre.
Spanning twenty years of post-war upheaval, the saga follows over one hundred characters through shifting alliances, betrayals and gangland warfare in Hiroshima and beyond.
The five films included are:
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
Hiroshima Death Match (1973)
Proxy War (1973)
Police Tactics (1974)
Final Episode (1974)
Beginning in the chaotic black markets of post-war Japan, ex-soldier Shozo Hirono rises within the Yamamori gang, only to become disillusioned by corruption and treachery. As the series progresses, rival factions battle for dominance through the 1950s, 60s and 70s, culminating in the transformation of the underworld into corporate power structures.
Blending Shakespearean drama, rapid-fire editing and unflinching brutality, Fukasaku’s epic stands as one of the defining achievements of world crime cinema.
1973–1974 / 500 min / Japanese / Region A
Battles Without Honor And Humanity: The Complete Collection [Blu-ray Set
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• High Definition (1080p) presentations of all five films
• Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Reversible sleeves featuring artwork by Reinhard Kleist
• Slipcover packagingDISC ONE – BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY
• Audio commentary by Stuart Galbraith IV
• Yakuza Graveyard interview with Takashi Miike
• Original trailersDISC TWO – HIROSHIMA DEATH MATCH
• Man of Action interview with fight choreographer Ryuzo Ueno
• Original trailerDISC THREE – PROXY WAR
• Secrets of the Piranha Army documentary
• Tales of a Bit Player interview with Seizo Fukumoto
• Original trailerDISC FOUR – POLICE TACTICS
• Remembering Kinji featurette
• Fukasaku Family interview with Toru Dobashi
• Original trailerDISC FIVE – FINAL EPISODE
• Last Days of the Boss interview with Koji Takada
• Original poster gallery
• Original trailerAdditional details
Label: Arrow Video
Number of discs: 5
Slipcover: Yes

