Yakuza Papers - Battles Without Honor & Humanity (Complete Box Set), The (DVD, Region 1)

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Yakuza Papers - Battles Without Honor & Humanity (Complete Box Set), The

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Synopsis: In the wake of the Bomb, ex-soldier Shozo Hirono [Bunta Sugawara] joins a Hiroshima yakuza gang, the Japanese equivalent of the Mafiaâ€“and then the shootings, slashings, betrayals, and scheming begin. Premiering a year after The Godfather, The Yakuza Papers also broke box office records and spawned sequels, but, in contrast, took a ruthlessly de-romanticized view of the underworld. Based on an actual gang boss's memoirs, The Yakuza Papers plunges the audience into a gritty, brutal, violent newsreel of a three-decade struggle for power of Shakespearean complexity, a nihilistic epic unlike any other.

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Directed By:	Kinji Fukasaku	Recommended Retail Price: $USD99.95
Cast:	Goro Ibuki Nobuo Kaneko Takuzo Kawatani Asao Koike Bunta Sugawara Tatsuo Umemiya
Genre:	Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign
Running Time:	500 minutes
Year of Production:	1973
Disc Release Date:	December 14, 2004

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Volumes include original theatrical trailer and director filmography
Bonus Supplemental Disc includes:
Friedkin on Fukasaku - Director William Friedkin (French Connection, The Exorcist) discusses the influence of Fukasaku on Hollywood action films of the 1970s.
Jitsuroku: Reinventing the Yakuza Genre - A 20-minute video on how The Yakuza Papers forever changed Japanese cinema
Boryoku: Fukasaku and the Art of Violence - Featuring a rare interview and behind-the-scenes footage with Kinji Fukasaku
Kantoku: Remembering Fukasaku - The director's son, Kenta Fukasaku (Battle Royale II), Masao Sato (producer of Battle Royale I and II and Sadao Yamane (Fukasaku biographer) share their memories of working with the legendary director
Translating Fukasaku - Subtitler Linda Hoaglund shares her experiences and insights from working within the world of Kinji Fukasaku
The Yakuza Wars of Hiroshima - A pull-out Viewer's Guide highlighting all the major players, wars, killings, arrests, and consolidations that occur throughout all five volumes in The Yakuza Papers series
16-page booklet - Includes essays by contemporary Japanese film scholars Patrick Macias and Tom Mes

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Disc:	Type:
1:	Single Sided, Single Layer
2:	Single Sided, Single Layer
3:	Single Sided, Single Layer
4:	Single Sided, Single Layer
5:	Single Sided, Single Layer
6:	Single Sided, Single Layer

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1:	Japanese

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