Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974): Cast & Plot
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode is a 1974 action drama directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono, Junkichi Orimoto and Akira Kobayashi. It runs 1 hour 40 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 40m (100 min)
- Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Original language
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Japanese - Studio
- Toei Company
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode About?
The premise of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode Themes & Keywords
· 13 tags- prison
- political party
- fifth part
- sequel
- corruption
- memoirs
- arrest
- shootout
- gang war
- liver
- singing drunk
- release from jail
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- yakuza
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode Cast & Characters
Bunta Sugawara leads the cast as Shozo Hirono, with Junkichi Orimoto as Hideo Hayakawa and Akira Kobayashi as Akira Takeda. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku; 62 actors are credited in all.
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Director Kinji Fukasaku
- Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono
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Junkichi Orimoto as Hideo Hayakawa - Akira Kobayashi as Akira Takeda
- Minoru Hodaka as Hiroshima Prefectural Police Second Section Chief
Also Starring in Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
· 58 more- Jō Shishido Katsutoshi Otomo
- Kinya Kitaoji Tamotsu Matsumura
- Hiroki Matsukata Ichioka
- Kunie Tanaka Masakichi Makihara
- Goichi Yamada Mano Toyoaki
- Isao Takanami Ichimatsu Kubota
- Shingo Yamashiro Shozo Eda
- Kenji Ikeda Hiroshi Suenaga
- Gorō Ibuki Atsushi Ujiie
- Takuzō Kawatani Moriya Hitoshi
- Nobuo Kaneko Yoshio Yamamori
- Mugihito Kiyomoto Tadashi
- Asao Uchida Kenichi Okubo
- Harumi Sone Chino Miyoji
- Masataka Iwao Genji Tsuneoka
- Mizuho Suzuki Hirate Kimio
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- Ryuji Katagiri Shinichi Nochi
- Bin Amatsu Kojiro Kono
- Masataka Naruse Masaru Maruyama
- Takashi Noguchi Noboru Mizumoto
- Nobuo Yana Ryôsuke Kaga
- Minken Karasawa Yasuo Kobe
- Mineko Maruhira Mayumi
- Sanae Nakahara Shizuko Murata
- Daisuke Awaji Kondo Shinichi
- Yukie Kagawa Eri
- Ryō Nishida Hideshi Oda
- Kuniomi Kitani Mamoru Kaneda
- Hiroshi Hatano Investigator
- Ryōta Minowada Kuno Guard
- Chū Takatsuki Fumio Matoba
- Seizō Fukumoto
- Satoru Nabe Worker A
- Naoya Makoto Shigehisa Kanazawa
- Yukio Miyagi Tomio Murata
- Katsutoshi Akiyama Kanichi Marumoto
- Gorō Ōki Masuo Iwami
- Yûsuke Tsukasa Osamu Yumino
- Yumiko Nogawa Kaoru
- Tetsuo Fujisawa Tokio Kusuda
- Gentarō Mori Investigator
- Yoshinobu Hirose Yuuki Fujimura
- Yasuhiro Suzuki Sakichi Sugita
- Hiroko Fuji Sumiko
- Mitsuru Sawa Takashi Tomoda
- Maki Tachibana Mitsuko
- Toshio Kitagawa Akio
- Yasuo Matsumoto Toru Sekiya
- Ryōzō Maekawa Journalist
- Reiichi Hatanaka
- Tetsu Sakai Narrator
- Hideo Shimada
- Tetsuo Torisu Worker B
- Kyôko Tsukasa Young Girl
- Toshio Matsuda Toi Ginnosuke
- Ichitarō Kuni Tatsuo Tsuru
- Kenichi Sakuragi Akio Saeki
- Kôsaburô Shirakawa Ryozo Munekata
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More films directed by Kinji Fukasaku, best-rated first: Tora! Tora! Tora!, Battle Royale, Battle Royale II: Requiem and Battle Royale.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode Plot Summary
What happens in Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 4-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Hideo Hayakawa, now serving as the Secretary General of the rebranded power bloc known as the Tensei Coalition, confronts a shifting underworld landscape after Akira Takeda is released from prison on a technicality. Takeda consolidates Hiroshima’s families, moves them away from a pure yakuza image, and steps to the top as Chairman, while Katsutoshi Otomo assumes the role of Vice Chairman, and Tamotsu Matsumura becomes Managing Director. The inner circle also includes Shoichi Eda as a Director and Hirono’s faction in the background, all imagining a political future that could coexist with their old loyalties.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode Also Known As
13 alternative titles, including “Jingi naki tatakai: Kanketsu-hen” and “Episódio Final”.
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- Jingi naki tatakai: Kanketsu-hen
- Episódio Final
- Os Documentos da Yakuza Parte V: Episódio Final
- The Yakuza Papers
- Vol. 5: Final Episode
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity 5: Final Episode
- Combat sans code d'honneur 5 : La Partie finale
- Bitwy bez kodeksu honorowego 5: Epizod końcowy
- 无仁义之战5：完结篇
- 의리 없는 전쟁: 완결편
- Džingi naki tatakai: Kankecuhen
- Последний эпизод
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- 無仁義之戰 5：完結篇
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode runs 1 hour 40 minutes (100 minutes).
When was Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode released?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode was released on June 29, 1974.
Who directed Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode was directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
More films by Kinji Fukasaku Who is in the cast of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode stars Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono, Junkichi Orimoto as Hideo Hayakawa and Akira Kobayashi as Akira Takeda, among 62 credited actors.
Does Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode have a post-credit scene?
No. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode in?
The original language of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode is Japanese.
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