New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss’s Head

International Premiere

Friday, February 10, 7 PM

Never before released outside Japan, Kinji Fukasaku‘s follow-up trilogy to his successful Battles Without Honor and Humanity series tells three unrelated stories about yakuza intrigue and betrayal, and this middle film co-stars Meiko Kaji as the dutiful wife of a heroin-addicted hitman (Tsutomu Yamazaki) who befriends, then betrays, series star Bunta Sugawara. An essential link within Fukasaku’s cinematic world, The Boss’s Head found him expanding his action vocabulary to include car stunts, as well as creating not one, but two meaty female roles (the other played by Yuriko Hishimi). Composer Toshiaki Tsushima contributes another memorable score, and the ensemble casting is among the best of the entire series. A yet-to-be-discovered classic.

1975, 94 min., Blu-ray, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. With Bunta Sugawara, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Meiko Kaji.

Part of Cruel Beauty: A Romantic Weekend with Meiko Kaji.

Tickets: $13/$10 seniors & students/$9 Japan Society members

Special Offers:
All Access Pass: (1 ticket for each film in the series, 5 tickets total)
Save $3 per ticket. $50/$35 seniors & students/$30 Japan Society members

Double Feature Pass: (2 different films in the same transaction)
Save $2 per ticket. $22/$16 seniors & students/$14 Japan Society members

18+
This film is unrated, but may only be viewed by persons 18 years of age or older.

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss’s Head © 1975 Toei Co., Ltd.

Box Office Policy