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Director Kinji Fukasaku's violent post-WWII Japanese gangster saga opens with InchBattles Without Honor and HumanityInch (1973), as ex-soldier Shozo (Bunta Sugawara) joins the local Yakuza and finds his code of ethics at odds with his new cohorts. Shozo's loyalties are torn in InchHiroshima Death MatchInch (1973) as rival Yakuza clans battle in the war-ravaged city; with appearances by Sonny Chiba and Meiko Kaji. Then, with gang war spilling into the streets of Hiroshima, Shozo and his fellow Yakuza discover that betrayal and death are the order of the day, in InchProxy WarInch (1973). In InchPolice TacticsInch (1974), citizen groups and the law begin fighting back, but the bloody mob rivalry reaches a climax that could cost Shozo his life. And a new Yakuza faction rises out of the ashes, as Shozo and a group of gangsters are released from prison ready to reclaim Hiroshima's underworld, in InchFinal EpisodeInch (1974). 12 1/2 hrs. Total on five discs. Widescreen; Soundtrack Japanese; Subtitles English; audio commentary; featurettes; image gallery; theatrical trailers. In Japanese with English subtitles.
