Is New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

Name: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1975
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Yuriko Hishimi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Seizō Fukumoto

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

Produced by Toei Company

197594 min7.4 / 10

A gritty yakuza crime drama centered on betrayal, imprisonment, and revenge within a brutal underworld hierarchy.

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...

Clusters

Corrupt Characters in Crime Stories Revenge Stories Without Happy Endings Mob Double Crosses Revenge Gone Wrong Organized Crime Movies

Genres

Action Crime Drama

Keywords

Yakuza Gang War

Questions people ask

Is New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.
Is New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Does New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.
Is New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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