Quick Plot Summary: Released in 1973, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War is a Action, Drama, Crime film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, written by Kazuo Kasahara. The narrative delivers highly intense sequences and pulse-pounding confrontations that keep viewers on the edge of their seats. As part of the The Yakuza Papers Collection, it provides a scannable look at the movie's central conflict involving Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono.