Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974): Cast & Plot
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics is a 1974 crime drama directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring Nobuo Kaneko as Yoshio Yamamori, Takeshi Katô and Bunta Sugawara. It runs 1 hour 41 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 41m (101 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: Police Tactics About?
The premise of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
With Japan preparing for the 1964 Olympic Games, law‑enforcement intensifies its assault on organized crime, spurred by growing public outrage and media scrutiny. The heightened police pressure forces the Hiroshima yakuza families into a new, fiercer struggle for control, reshaping the balance of power among the rival clans.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics Cast & Characters
Nobuo Kaneko leads the cast as Yoshio Yamamori, with Takeshi Katô as Noburo Uchimoto and Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku; 83 actors are credited in all.
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Director Kinji Fukasaku
- Nobuo Kaneko as Yoshio Yamamori
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Takeshi Katô as Noburo Uchimoto - Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono
- Tatsuo Umemiya as Shinichi Iwai
Also Starring in Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
· 79 more- Masaharu Arikawa Tatsuo Mikami
- Shin'ichirô Mikami Hidemitsu Kawada
- Asao Koike Tomoji Okajima
- Akira Kobayashi Akira Takeda
- Kunie Tanaka Masakichi Makihara
- Hiroki Matsukata Shoichi Fujita
- Asao Uchida Kenichi Ôkubo
- Shingo Yamashiro Shoichi Eda
- Hideo Murota Hideo Hayakawa
- Takuzō Kawatani Policeman at hospital
- Nenji Kobayashi Hiroshi Taniguchi
- Tatsuo Endō Aihara
- Isao Natsuyagi Hiroshi Sugimoto
- Kinji Nakamura Kenjiro Ishigami
- Harumi Sone Toshio Ueda
- Masataka Iwao Shuzo Yoshikura
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- Mizuho Suzuki Editor-in-Chief
- Seizō Fukumoto Tsunehiko Yamazaki
- Masataka Naruse Tamotsu Matoba
- Masaru Shiga Shinsuke Yoshii
- Takashi Noguchi Masuo Iwami
- Yoshio Yoshida Teacher
- Nobuo Yana Isamu Kasai
- Shunji Sasaki Hideshi Oda
- Minken Karasawa Reporter A
- Mineko Maruhira Woman B
- Sanae Nakahara Kikue
- Daisuke Awaji Kosaku Maejima
- Ryō Nishida Tsutomu Morita
- Kuniomi Kitani Sakuji Wada
- Ryōta Minowada Furukawa
- Chū Takatsuki Honda Shiro
- Ichirô Ogura Hiroshi Nozaki
- Toshio Kurosawa Shigeru Takemoto
- Naoya Makoto Kaneda Mori
- Ryuji Katagiri
- Yukio Miyagi Ryuji Matsui
- Yoshihiro Igarashi Noboru Mizukami
- Isao Takanami Sadamatsu Koga
- Gorō Ōki Kuniaki Yamamoto
- Yûsuke Tsukasa Osamu Yumino
- Emi Jo Chizuko
- Ryuji Komine Akihira Okiyama
- Gentarō Mori Criminal A
- Toshie Kimura Toshika
- Kenji Ikeda Laborer B
- Yasuhiro Suzuki Chief Investigator
- Jiro Shirai Hisahiro Mori
- Hideo Shimada Okajima's friend
- Mitsuru Sawa Takashi Tomoda
- Mitsuko Aoi Akemi
- Kōjiro Shirakawa Tokio Kusuda
- Yasuo Matsumoto Sekiya
- Yasumori Hikita
- Mayumi Nagisa Mieko
- Masazumi Okabe Shuichi Yanai
- Shinji Oda Kamishiro Miyukichi
- Masako Araki Nozaki's Mother
- Ryōzō Maekawa Young Men of the Yosei Association
- Yoko Horikoshi Aiko Mitsukawa
- Yoshinobu Hirose
- Yukitomo Tochino Kinzo Eda
- Yoshiki Yamada Criminal B
- Tetsu Sakai Narrator
- Tetsuo Torisu Policeman in Jeep
- Tetsuo Ashida Prefectural Police Headquarters Section Chief
- Akio Hasegawa Yasuki Fukuda
- Kyôko Tsukasa Woman A
- Toshio Matsuda Young Men of the Yosei Association
- Ichitarō Kuni Masao Yasukawa
- Hideo Fujimoto
- Yasushi Ôki
- Manabu Hokuto Masaru Maruyama
- Tamaro Murata Officer
- Tomiko Hirose Nozaki's younger sister
- Katsuji Heiwa Ryoichi Uehara
- Kayoko Fukunaga Hostess
- Kenichi Matsuda Nozaki's younger brother
- Rieko Ôi Nozaki's younger sister
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics Plot Summary
What happens in Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
In the fall of 1963, a nationwide police crackdown targets yakuza activities as Japan braces for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Yet the brutal war between the Yamamori Family and the Shinwa Group continues to spill into every corner of the underworld, pulling in reinforcements from across the country. Noburo Uchimoto, [Takeshi Katô], Shozo Hirono, [Bunta Sugawara], and Shinichi Iwai, [Tatsuo Umemiya], throw in with two more high-placed leaders—Hidemitsu Kawada, [Shin’ichirô Mikami], and Tomoji Okajima, [Asao Koike]—to widen the fighting. On the other side, Akira Takeda, [Akira Kobayashi], captain of the Yamamori Family, keeps a fierce lid on his rivals as Yamamori himself flees toward Hiroshima City, while Makihara and his faction push the war forward.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics Trailers & Videos
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics Also Known As
13 alternative titles, including “Jingi naki tatakai: Chojo sakusen” and “Battles Without Honor and Humanity 4: Police Tactics”.
- Also known as
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- Jingi naki tatakai: Chojo sakusen
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity 4: Police Tactics
- Estratégias Policiais
- Os Documentos da Yakuza Parte IV: Estratégias Policiais
- The Yakuza Papers
- Vol. 4: Police Tactics
- 仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦：1974
- Combat sans code d'honneur 4 : Opération au sommet
- Bitwy bez kodeksu honorowego 4: Taktyka Policji
- 无仁义之战4：顶上作战
- 의리 없는 전쟁: 정상작전
- Džingi naki tatakai: Čodžó sakusen
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- 無仁義之戰 4：頂上作戰
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics runs 1 hour 41 minutes (101 minutes).
When was Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics released?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics was released on January 15, 1974.
Who directed Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics was directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
More films by Kinji Fukasaku Who is in the cast of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics stars Nobuo Kaneko as Yoshio Yamamori, Takeshi Katô as Noburo Uchimoto and Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono, among 83 credited actors.
Does Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics have a post-credit scene?
No. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics in?
The original language of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics is Japanese.
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