Container of (work): Shin jingi naki tatakai (Motion picture : 1974) Container of (work): Kumicho no kubi (Motion picture : 1975) Container of (work): Kumicho saigo no hi (Motion picture : 1976) New battles without honor and humanity Boss's head Last days of the boss
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Title from container. New battles without honor and humanity: Bunta Sugawara, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Reiko Ike, Nobuo Kaneko. Boss's head: Ko Nishimura, Bunta Sugawara, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Meiko Kaji. Last days of the boss: Bunta Sugawara, Chieko Matsubara, Koji Wada. Originally produced as motion pictures in 1974, 1975, and 1976. Wide screen (2.35:1). Blu-ray discs and DVD discs have identical running time. Special features: Beyond the films: New battles without honor 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 teasers and theatrical trailers for all three films. Includes illustrated collector's book featuring new writing on the films, the yakuza genre, and Fukasaku's life and career, with essays by Stephen Sarrazin, Tom Mes, Hayley Scanlon, Chris D., Marc Walkow, and Toshiko Adilman. Also includes reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist.
This limited edition set features a follow-up trilogy of films to director Kinji Fukasaku's early 1970s five-film series Battles without honor and humanity. Each film stars Battles lead character Bunta Sugawara and tells fictional stories about the yakuza in different locations in Japan.
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