The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity

You squat in a bombed-out corridor trading cigarettes for razor blades when a phone rings in the next room. A voice you’ve never heard orders you to pick a side. The city outside has no more pavements, only rubble and rumor. The camera never lets you stop moving. Fukasaku’s handheld shots outrun any clean ending.

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Kinji Fukasaku directed The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity in 1973. See Kinji Fukasaku's full filmography, where to start with Kinji Fukasaku, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kinji Fukasaku.

The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity was released in 1973 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 99 minutes.