New Battles Without Honor and Humanity

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Japanese , 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 Fukasakus Battles Without Honor and Humanity series from the 1970s, which were adapted from a series of newspaper articles by journalist Kichi Iiboshi, that were rewrites of a manuscript originally written by reallife yakuza Kz Min while he was in prison.

While the film is a remake of the original Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, it has no direct similarities. Set in Osaka, it focuses on former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo Etsushi Toyokawa and Tochino Masatatsu Tomoyasu Hotei as their lives cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneos boss Awano Ittoku Kishibe and the young Nakahira Kichi Sat. Nakahiras men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.The soundtrack to the film was composed and performed by Tomoyasu Hotei, who plays Tochino Masatatsu, with the London Session Orchestra also performing on several tracks. It was released on November 29, 2000 as ? . The first track is the theme of the original 1970s series, composed by Toshiaki Tsushima, while the second is Hoteis version of the same song, which would later be retitled Battle Without Honor or Humanity and become internationally known. The soundtrack peaked at number 41 on the Oricon chart, while Born to Be Free, which was released as a single earlier in the year, reached number 14. ........

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