Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Encyclopedia
is part five and the final installation of a series of yakuza film
s directed by Kinji Fukasaku
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Yakuza film
is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of yakuza, also referred to as the Japanese Mafia.-Ninkyo eiga:...
s directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Kinji Fukasaku
was a Japanese film actor, screenwriter, and best known as a celebrated and innovative filmmaker. He was born in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, and died in Tokyo, from prostate cancer...
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Cast
- Gorou IbukiGorou Ibukiis a Japanese actor. He is known for his parts in jidaigeki film, but is known as part of the cast of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger as Hikoma Kusakabe.-Television:*Samurai Sentai Shinkenger - Hikoma Kusakabe...
- Nobuo Kaneko
- Kinya Kitaoji
- Akira KobayashiAkira Kobayashiis a Japanese actor. His nickname is .- Biography :He successfully became an actor in the Nikkatsu Corporation. He attended Meiji University but left before graduating. Kobayashi made his debut in 1959 in the film Nangoku Tosa o Ato ni Shite . He also starred in the TV series "Wataridori" and...
- Hiroki MatsukataHiroki Matsukata, real name is a Japanese actor. He is the son of jidaigeki actor Jūshirō Konoe and actress Yaeko Mizukawa and has a younger brother Yūki Meguro who is also an actor....
- Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono
- Kunie TanakaKunie Tanakais a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro and The Bad Sleep Well and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.He has been nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Best Supporting Actor statuette for Gakko in 1993.-Selected filmography:*Minna no Ie aka...
- Asao Uchida
- Shingo YamashiroShingo Yamashirowas a Japanese television and film actor.Yamashiro, who was originally from Kyoto, Japan, was born , but used Shingo Yamashiro as his stage name. He made his film acting debut in 1957....
- Nobuo Yana as Ryôsuke Kaga
- Joe ShishidoJoe Shishidois a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He has appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill...
Other credits
- Writing
- Kōichi Iiboshi: story
- Kazuo Kasahara: screenplay
- Production Design: Takatoshi Suzuki
External links
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity 5: Final Episode at the Japanese Movie DatabaseJapanese Movie DatabaseThe , commonly referred to as JMDB, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database, but lists only those films originally released in Japan. The site was started in 1997, and contains movies from Meiji...