

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973-09-25 · 102 min · ★ 7.0
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.
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- Directors
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Production companies
- Toei Company
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Bunta SugawaraShozo Hirono
Takeshi KatōNoboru Uchimoto
Akira KobayashiAkira Takeda
Mikio NaritaHiroshi Matsunaga
Kunie TanakaMasakichi Makihara
Shingo YamashiroShoichi Eda
Nobuo KanekoYoshio Yamamori
Hideo MurotaHideo Hayakawa
Tatsuo UmemiyaShinichi Iwai
Asao UchidaKenichi Okubo
Tatsuo EndōShigeo Aihara
Reiko IkeTomie
Tsunehiko WataseTakeshi Kuramoto
Tetsuro TambaTatsuo Akashi
Toshie KimuraMrs. Yamamori
Rinichi YamamotoTeruo Miyaji
Takuzō KawataniKatsuji Saijo
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