Batallas sin honor ni humanidad, Vol. 5: Episodio Final

Batallas sin honor ni humanidad, Vol. 5: Episodio Final (1974)

仁義なき戦い 完結篇

Episodio final

Quinta y última entrega de la saga "Batallas sin honor ni humanidad" de Kinji Fukasaku. Entrados ya en la década de los 70, hace dos años que la antigua familia Muraoka se convirtió en coalición política, a modo de lavado de cara ante los medios de comunicación y la sociedad. Sin embargo, la confrontación interna con las facciones favorables a una restauración del código yakuza será inevitable, y la inminente salida de prisión de Shozo Hirono, jefe del grupo rival, no hará más que avivar las tensiones.

Fecha de estreno
1974-06-29
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (50)
Duración
1 h 40 min
Géneros
Acción, Drama, Crimen
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Colección
The Yakuza Papers - Colección

Reparto

Curiosidades

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode is a 1974 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It is the final film in a five-part series that Fukasaku made in a span of just two years.

Production

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode is the only film in the pentalogy adapting Kōichi Iiboshi's articles about a yakuza war that was not written by Kazuo Kasahara. Instead the screenplay was written by Koji Takada. Kasahara was supportive of Takada, giving him all the research materials he had created for the first four films.

Kasahara suggested not to use the character played by Kinya Kitaoji because it was based on a real yakuza boss that Takada met in Hiroshima (Hisashi Yamada of the Kyosei-kai), but Takada disregarded the advice. The screenwriter said that the real yakuza saw the film and caused problems with the studio.

Like Kasahara, Takada met with Kōzō Minō, the former yakuza whose journals Iiboshi adapted, several times. The screenwriter said that Minō told him he did not like the first four films in the series and proceeded to show him a manuscript for a film he had written himself.

Wanting to change the dynamics of the relationships seen in the previous films, Takada created the characters played by Joe Shishido and Hiroki Matsukata. Finding the yakuza ritual of exchanging sake in the prior films ridiculous, he had the two exchange whiskey instead, which he called one of the best scenes in the series. He made a point to show the general unhappiness of the low-leveled members of the gang.

Ultimately, Takada thinks the script was successful and claimed that Kasahara, director Kinji Fukasaku, and producer Goro Kuasakabe all thought so as well. Although, some critics said the film talks about yakuza who make a living hiding behind legitimate businesses while actually depicting the opposite, and the writer agreed with this critique.

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