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The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Boxset (1973-1974, Complete 6-disc Box Set)

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The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Boxset (1973-1974, Complete 6-disc Box Set)

The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Boxset (1973-1974, Complete 6-disc Box Set)
DVDRip | Lang: Japanese | Subs: English (idx/sub) | avi | XviD | mp3 | 716 Mb + 715 Mb + 716 Mb + 716 Mb + 716 Mb + 555 Mb
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama | Japan

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

This is often called the Japanese Godfather and it isn't far from the truth. It isn't as perfect as the Godfather movies, though. It takes some concentrating to keep up with all the power struggles, who just murdered whom etc.. It's a series well worth watching because the characters are great and the picture painted of the Yakuza after the second world war is a very realistic one.
Source is the remastered dvd boxset from "Home Vision Entertainment".

While The Godfather romanticized the American Mafia in the early 1970s, Kinji Fukasaku's five-film series known as The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor & Humanity revolutionized the Japanese yakuza film with unprecedented intensity. A post-World War II epic that broke Japanese box-office records, this complex, utterly authentic cycle of gangster films replaced the popular ninkyo or "chivalry" films of the '60s with jitsuroku, an entirely new breed of gangster film that rose from the ashes of Hiroshima and post-war reconstruction, depicting a meticulously detailed "alternate history" (as Japanese film expert Tom Mes observes in the accompanying booklet) that had been ignored by the "official" factual record. Beginning with 1973's Battles Without Honor and Humanity and continuing through four hugely popular sequels, these are bracingly intricate studies in shifting loyalties and gangland chaos, tracking the yakuza career of Shozu Hirono (played by charismatic star Bunta Suguwara), who rises from lowly soldier status in 1946 to "sworn brotherhood" and respected retirement in 1970. Across this quarter-century of death, power, and betrayal, Fukasaku orchestrates nearly 50 characters in four major cities, all vying for dominance in a familial structure so complex that a helpful flow-chart is provided to follow the shifting balance of power.

Western viewers may struggle with the social context of these films, but as a gangster epic of escalating scope and power, The Yakuza Papers offers a universally energizing DVD experience. Fukasaku (who died in January 2003 while filming his 62nd film, Battle Royale II) was a master of cinematic pulp, and these films represent the pinnacle of his frenetic, deliberately chaotic hand-held camera style, which strongly influenced American urban crime films of the '70s (as French Connection director William Friedkin notes on the feature-packed supplement disc). Rough-edged and thematically rich, the five films presented here–all in pristine digital transfers and brilliantly translated by ace subtitler Linda Hoaglund–combine to form a sprawling milestone of Japanese cinema. Home Vision's packaging and comprehensive supplements pay honorable tribute to Fukasaku's achievement, with bonus features that provide all the necessary background needed to fully appreciate The Yakuza Papers as a raw, ambitious masterpiece that fully deserves its widespread acclaim.
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The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Boxset (1973-1974, Complete 6-disc Box Set)

This boxset includes:
[01] Battles Without Honor And Humanity (1973)
[02] Deadly Fight In Hiroshima (1973)
[03] Proxy War (1973)
[04] Police Tactics (1974)
[05] Final Episode (1974)
[06] The Yakuza Papers - Bonus Supplemental Disc

The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Boxset (1973-1974, Complete 6-disc Box Set)

[01] Battles Without Honor And Humanity (1973)
DVDRip | Lang: Japanese | Subs: English (idx/sub) | avi | 608 x 256 | XviD @ 858 Kbps | mp3 @ 120 Kbps | 01:39:02 | 716 Mb
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama | 3 wins | Japan

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara) and his buddies find themselves in a new war between fractious and ambitious yakuza. After joining boss Yamamori, Shozo is drawn into a feud with his sworn brother's family, the Dois. But that's where the chivalry of traditional yakuza film ends and the hypocrisy, betrayal, and assassinations begin. A rare and critical perspective on the history of Japan after World War II, BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY is a tour-de-force that revolutionized the yakuza genre and launched Kinji Fukasaku and Bunta Sugawara to international stardom.

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The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Boxset (1973-1974, Complete 6-disc Box Set)

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The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Boxset (1973-1974, Complete 6-disc Box Set)

[02] Deadly Fight In Hiroshima (1973)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama | Japan

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka (Kinya Kitaoji, who went on to star as Rhett Butler in the Tokyo stage version of GONE WITH THE WIND), finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hit man and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo (Sonny Chiba, KILL BILL) draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara), into a new round of bloodshed, culminating with the tragic demise of the young Yamanka.

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[03] Proxy War (1973)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama | Japan

The successor to Hiroshima's most powerful yakuza family, the Muraokas, is whacked in broad daylight on a busy city street. What unfolds is a yakuza succession crisis, as the weaseley Uchimoto (Takeshi Kato) dithers and the slimy, backstabbing boss Yamamori steps in as the Muraoka's new boss. Bunta Sugawara's would-be independent yakuza, Shozo Hirono, is caught in the middle, having to play powerbroker. But the opposing factions seek support from powerful families in Kobe, making all out war inevitable.

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The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Boxset (1973-1974, Complete 6-disc Box Set)

[04] Police Tactics (1974)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama | Japan

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima. Akira Kobayashi's Takeda tries to keep a lid on things, but hotheaded underlings create chaos, with one boss whacked in neutral territory, and the craven boss, Uchimoto, informing on an assassination attempt by his own minions. While the police round up hundreds of yakuza foot soldiers, Bunta Sugawara's Shozo Hirono plots to finally take out longtime nemesis, boss Yamamori.

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The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Boxset (1973-1974, Complete 6-disc Box Set)

[05] Final Episode (1974)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama | Japan

In the wake of a big police crackdown, Akira Kobayashi's icily sun-glassed Takeda attempts to transform the Hiroshima yakuza families into a legitimate political organization: The Tensei Coalition. When the young Matsumura ascends to the chairmanship of the coalition, the older, hardened yakuza led by Jo Shishido (BRANDED TO KILL) seize one last opportunity to stir up chaos and bloodshed. Culminating with the arrests, deaths, or retirement of the first postwar yakuza generation, this milestone series draws to an ambivalent close.

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[06] The Yakuza Papers - Bonus Supplemental Disc
DVDRip | Total time: 01:24:28 | Total size: 555 Mb
Genre: Documentary

Bonus Supplemental Disc (only available with Boxed Set) includes:
1. [English] Friedkin on Fukasaku - Director William Friedkin (French Connection) discusses the influence of Fukasaku on Hollywood action films of the 1970's (9:24)
2. [English] Translating Fukasaku - An interview with subtitler Linda Hoaglund (10:38)
3. [En subs] Kantoku: Remembering Fukasaku - The director's son, Kenta Fukasaku (Battle Royale II), Masao Sata (producer of Battle Royale I & II) and Sadao Yamane (Fukasaku biographer) share their memories of working with the legendary director (20:39)
4. [En subs] Jitsuroku: Reinventing the Yakuza Genre - A 20-minute video essay on how The Yakuza Papers forever changed Japanese cinema (19:29)
5. [En subs] Boryoku: Fukasaku and the Art of Violence - Featuring a rare interview and behind-the-scenes footage with Kinji Fukasaku (12:06)
6. [En subs] Also a nice easter egg about cutting off fingertips as told by a former Yakuza member (with sunglasses on and his face in the dark to hide his identity).

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