New Battles Without Honor and Humanity | |
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Directed by | Junji Sakamoto |
Written by | Kōji Takada Kōichi Iiboshi (story) |
Produced by | Yukiko Shii Izumi Toyoshima Toshio Zushi |
Starring | Etsushi Toyokawa Tomoyasu Hotei Shō Aikawa Ittoku Kishibe Kōichi Satō |
Cinematography | Norimichi Kasamatsu |
Edited by | Takeo Araki |
Music by | Tomoyasu Hotei |
Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Japanese: 新・仁義なき戦い。, Hepburn: Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai.), also known as Another Battle, is a 2000 Japanese yakuza film directed by Junji Sakamoto. It is a remake of Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity series from the 1970s, which were adapted from a series of newspaper articles by journalist Kōichi Iiboshi,[1] that were rewrites of a manuscript originally written by real-life yakuza Kōzō Minō while he was in prison.
Rock musician Tomoyasu Hotei, who plays Tochino Masatatsu, wrote the soundtrack to the film. Its title piece would be reworked and retitled "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" and go on to become a hit both in Japan and internationally. The film was followed by New Battles Without Honor and Humanity/Murder, or Another Battle/Conspiracy, directed by Hajime Hashimoto in 2003.