Battles Without Honor and Humanity Original Trailer (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973)

Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale) gave the world Japan’s answer to The Godfather with this violent yakuza saga, influencing filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino to Takashi Miike. Made within just two years, the five-film series brought a new kind of realism and ferocity to the crime genre in Japan, revitalizing the industry and leading to unprecedented commercial and critical success.
Fukasaku and his team broke with the longstanding studio tradition of casting marquee idols as honorable, kimono-clad heroes, defending their gang bosses against unscrupulous villains, and instead adapted true accounts torn from the headlines, shot in a documentary-like style, and with few clear-cut heroes or villains. The vibrancy and dynamism of the filmmaking, plus its shocking violence, Shakespearean plotlines, and wide tapestry of characters, launched a revolutionary new genre, establishing the series as one of the great masterpieces of world crime cinema.
Follow us on Twitter: / arrowfilmsvideo
Like us on Facebook: / arrowvideo
Follows us on Instagram: / arrowvideo

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

One of the best gangster films ever and the first of a legendary saga. Dirty, raw, violent, pure Fukasaku

[@ashleyr6809]

I loved the the last little part of the video. Showing you how badass Bunta is.

[@TimChuma]

Everyone is showing off their box set of this and I cannot buy it until next year, a shameful display!

[@halflifefan1000]

I've been wondering for awhile now what that song is in the trailer, sounds pretty damn cool :)

[@FulciLives]

Is this the movie with the Tomoyasu Hotei "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" music that Tarantino put in KILL BILL VOL. 1 ???

[@kingcole55]

+FulciLives That's New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (directed by the same guy, Kinji Fukasaku.) This is the original.

[@shadowaccount]

Tarantino blows