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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
JAPAN · 1974

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Kinji Fukasaku
yakuza crime syndicates police corruption organized crime turf wars 1960s Japan Olympic Games pressure
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Synopsis

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

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