MUSIC VIDEO DIST BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR & HUMANITY-HIROSHIMA DEATH MATCH (BLU-RAY/DVD) BRAV031

MUSIC VIDEO DIST BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR & HUMANITY-HIROSHIMA DEATH MATCH (BLU-RAY/DVD) BRAV031The Battles Without Honor and Humanity series continues. + DVD
Year:
1973Studio: Music
Video DistributorsGenre: ActionMPAA
Rating: Not
RatedColor:
ColorRuntime:
98Animated: Live-ActionFull
Synopsis: The celebrated Battles Without Honor and Humanity series continues with its second episode, Hiroshima Death Match, setting aside part one protagonist Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara) to follow a side story showcasing genre icons Sonny Chiba (The Street Fighter) and Meiko Kaji (Female
Convict 701: Scorpion). Hiroshima,
1950. Demobilized kamikaze pilot Shoji Yamanaka (Kinya Kitaoji) is released from prison and finds himself hungry and broke. Following a bust up with a local gang, he earns the psychotic wrath of local underboss Otomo (Chiba), but Yamanaka's suicidal impulses are soon put to good use as a hitman for another gang, befriending series hero Shozo Hirono in the process. Despite a budding but forbidden romance with the boss's niece (Kaji), Yamanaka's instability and recklessness soon begin to make him a dangerous liability. Taking an even more fatalistic turn than the series' original entry, Hiroshima Death Match tells the story of the ultimate loser, based on a true story uncovered by screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara while interviewing real-life Hiroshima yakuza for part one. A prosperous era may be dawning for the protagonists, but one with new characters and new grudges to draw them more deeply into its world of blood and betrayal.
Director: Kinji
FukasakuCast: Kinji Fukasaku; Bunta Sugawara; Shin'ichi Chiba; Meiko Kaji