NEW BATTLES WITHOUT HOUNOUR AND HUMANITY: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY New Battles Without Honour and Humanity New Battles Without Honour and Humanity: The Boss's Head New Battles Without Honour and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss In the early 1970s Kinji Fukasaku's five-film Battles Without Honour and Humanity series was a massive hit in Japan and kicked off a boom in realistic modern yakuza films based on true stories. Although Fukasaku had intended to end the series Toei Studio convinced him to return to the director's chair for this unconnected follow-up trilogy... of films each starring Battles leading man Bunta Sugawara and telling separate but fictional stories about the yakuza in different locations in Japan. In the first film Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir family member Aoki (Lone Wolf and Cub's Tomisaburo Wakayama) attempts to seize power from the boss and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honourable way out. In the second entry The Boss's Head Sugawara is Kuroda an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki (Tampopo's Tsutomu Yamazaki) goes wrong and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him Kuroda targets the family bosses with a ruthless vengeance. And in Last Days of the Boss Sugawara plays Nozaki a labourer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that forbids retributions against high-level members Nozaki forms a plot to exact revenge on his rivals but a suspicious relationship with his own sister (Chieko Matsubara from Outlaw: Gangster VIP) taints his relationship with his fellow gang members. Making their English-language home video debut in this limited edition set the New Battles Without Honour and Humanity films are important links between the first half of Fukasaku's career and his later exploration of other genres. Each one is also a top-notch crime action thriller: hard-boiled entertaining and distinguished by Fukasaku's directorial genius funky musical scores by composer Toshiaki Tsushima and the onscreen power of Toei's greatest yakuza movie stars. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition digital transfers of all three films High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original uncompressed mono audio New optional English subtitle translation for all three films Beyond the Films: New Battles Without Honour and Humanity a new video appreciation by Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane New Stories New Battles and Closing Stories two new interviews with screenwriter Koji Takada about his work on the second and third films in the trilogy Original theatrical trailers for all three films Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist Illustrated collector's book featuring new writing on the films the yakuza genre and Fukasaku's career by Stephen Sarrazin Tom Mes Hayley Scanlon Chris D. and Marc Walkow [show more]
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Triple bill of Japanese crime films from director Kinji Fukasaku. In 'New Battles Without Honour and Humanity' (1974) Yamamori crime family member Miyoshi Makio (Bunta Sugawara) is sent to prison after a hit goes badly wrong. While inside, fellow gangster Aoki (Tomisaburo Wakayama) attempts to take control of the family but needs the support of Makio in order to do it. Upon his release, Makio is faced with some difficult decisions as he bids to stop the Yamamori family from tearing itself apart. In 'Head of the Boss' (1975) Shuji Kuroda (Sugawara) takes the fall for the Owada crime family after one of their assassins fails to kill one of their targets. However, when the family fails to provide the financial reward they originally promised him, Kuroda vows to get his revenge by taking out the Owada's top bosses. Finally, in 'Last Days of the Boss' (1976) gangster Shuichi Nozaki (Sugawara) vows to get revenge on the mobster who killed his boss. However, when the warring crime families attempt to form an alliance in order to stop the bloodshed, Nozaki is forced to go to extreme lengths to get his man.
Please note this is a region B Blu-rayDVD and will require a region B or region free Blu-rayDVD player in order to play New Battles Without Honour and Humanity New Battles Without Honour and Humanity The Boss&39;s Head New Battles Without Honour and Humanity Last Days of the Boss In the early 1970s Kinji Fukasaku&39;s five-film Battles Without Honour and Humanity series was a massive hit in Japan and kicked off a boom in realistic modern yakuza films based on true stories Although Fukasaku had intended to end the series Toei Studio convinced him to return to the director&39;s chair for this unconnected follow-up trilogy of films each starring Battles leading man Bunta Sugawara and telling separate but fictional stories about the yakuza in different locations in Japan In the first film Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit While in stir family member Aoki (Lone Wolf and Cub&39;s Tomisaburo Wakayama) attempts to seize power from the boss and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honourable way out In the second entry The Boss&39;s Head Sugawara is Kuroda an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki (Tampopo&39;s Tsutomu Yamazaki) goes wrong and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him Kuroda targets the family bosses with a ruthless vengeance And in Last Days of the Boss Sugawara plays Nozaki a labourer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered Restrained by a gang alliance that forbids retributions against high-level members Nozaki forms a plot to exact revenge on his rivals but a suspicious relationship with his own sister (Chieko Matsubara from Outlaw Gangster VIP) taints his relationship with his fellow gang members Making their English-language home video debut in this limited edition set the New Battles Without Honour and Humanity films are important links between the first half of Fukasaku&39;s career and his later exploration of other genres Each one is also a top-notch crime action thriller hard-boiled entertaining and distinguished by Fukasaku&39;s directorial genius funky musical scores by composer Toshiaki Tsushima and the onscreen power of Toei&39;s greatest yakuza movie stars Directors Kinji Fukasaku Language Japanese Subtitles English Number of discs 6
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