New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

Two yakuza groups, the Owada and Kyoei, fight for control over drug smuggling and territorial rights in the Kanmon Channel. Shuji and his friend Tetsu are sent by the Owada to kill the Kyoei boss. Shuji serves seven years in prison after being promised wealth and fame for his role in the crime. Upon his release, he finds that the Owada group has forgotten him. This betrayal leads Shuji to seek revenge, though he unintentionally becomes a pawn in an internal power struggle and a plot to assassinate the Owada boss.

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, this is the ninth of 16 films he directed, following New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 and preceding Hokuriku Proxy War. The film was produced by Toei Company and written by Kōji Takada, Susumu Saji, and Yōzō Tanaka. The cast features Bunta Sugawara as Shuji Kuroda, Tsunehiko Watase as Kunimitsu Sugawa, Yuriko Hishimi as Aya, and Tsutomu Yamazaki as Tetsuya Kusunoki, among a total of 21 credited performers. Released in 1975, the action crime drama has a runtime of 94 minutes. It holds a rating of 7.4/10 on TMDB based on 20 votes.