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Movies that feel like Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
If you loved Battles Without Honor and Humanity, the closest films we have are The Street Fighter (1974), Bob le Flambeur (1956) and Branded to Kill (1967). All three share Battles Without Honor and Humanity's gritty and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Man from Hong Kong (1975).
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If Battles Without Honor and Humanity hit the spot, these will too
The same mix in both: grit, then momentum
Drama built on momentum, twice over
Contemplative crime, and it commits to that
Both lean on grit more than on action
Kinetic drama in both cases
Crime approached the same way
Both know what they want from action
The crime is handled with the same confidence
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The best-reviewed films that share Battles Without Honor and Humanity’s defining feeling.
