Japan Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics returned 17.1× its production cost, earning $2.1M against a $125K budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 41m runtime, production spent $1K per minute on screen and earned $21K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
Crime + Drama in Japan
203 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics itself).
The 1973–1975 Japan Window
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics holds position #20 of 71 Japan films in the 1973–1975 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
1974 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 27 titles released, including Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics. Bars below show how the 1970s stacked up year by year (197 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 26 other Japan films in 1974.
The 410th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
34 audience reviews — more than 54% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (54th percentile) outruns trending popularity (37th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- mob boss · 4
- crackdown · 1
- sports betting · 1
- 1960s · 20
- assassination · 17
- gang war · 11
- hiroshima · 11
- japan · 454
- murder · 155
- police · 105
- yakuza · 93
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,180 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (52nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #151 of 402 (top 38%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 41m |
| Release Date | January 15, 1974 |
| IMDb | tt0071696 |