Japan Synopsis
仁義なき戦い 代理戦争
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
Action + Drama in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War itself).
The 1972–1974 Japan Window
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War holds position #12 of 69 Japan films in the 1972–1974 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Japan films in 1973.
The 403rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
40 audience reviews — more than 59% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 55th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- hitman · 30
- betrayal · 28
- gang war · 11
- yakuza · 93
- gangster · 85
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,425 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (69th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #615 of 1,714 (top 36%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 59m |
| Release Date | September 25, 1973 |
| IMDb | tt0070244 |