Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980) featured a cast of 15 tracked actors. Of these, 4 (27%) are still alive today and 11 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Akira Kobayashi, age 87. This film starred Bunta Sugawara and Hiroki Matsukata.
27% still with us· verified cast
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 27% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 78.8 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast15 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1980 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bunta Sugawara Shozo Hirono | Shozo Hirono | Deceased | 16/08/1933 | 81 | 28/11/2014 | 47 |
 Hiroki Matsukata Tetsuya Sakai | Tetsuya Sakai | Deceased | 23/07/1942 | 74 | 21/01/2017 | 38 |
 Nobuo Kaneko Yoshio Yamamori | Yoshio Yamamori | Deceased | 27/03/1923 | 71 | 20/01/1995 | 57 |
 Kunie Tanaka Masakichi Makihara | Masakichi Makihara | Deceased | 23/11/1932 | 88 | 24/03/2021 | 48 |
 Tamio Kawachi Seiichi Kanbara | Seiichi Kanbara | Deceased | 21/07/1938 | 79 | 10/02/2018 | 42 |
 Sonny Chiba Katsutoshi Otomo | Katsutoshi Otomo | Deceased | 23/01/1939 | 82 | 19/08/2021 | 41 |
 Meiko Kaji Yasuko Uehara | Yasuko Uehara | Living | 24/03/1947 | 79 | — | 33 |
 Shingo Yamashiro Shoichi Eda | Shoichi Eda | Deceased | 10/11/1938 | 70 | 12/08/2009 | 42 |
 Hiroshi Nawa Tsuneo Muraoka | Tsuneo Muraoka | Deceased | 16/10/1932 | 85 | 26/06/2018 | 48 |
 Akira Kobayashi Akira Takeda | Akira Takeda | Living | 03/11/1938 | 87 | — | 42 |
 Tetsuro Tamba Tatsuo Akashi | Tatsuo Akashi | Deceased | 17/07/1922 | 84 | 24/09/2006 | 58 |
 Tatsuo Umemiya Shinichi Iwai | Shinichi Iwai | Deceased | 11/03/1938 | 81 | 12/12/2019 | 42 |
 Toshio Kurosawa Shigeru Takemoto | Shigeru Takemoto | Living | 04/02/1944 | 82 | — | 36 |
| Living | 23/02/1943 | 83 | — | 37 | ||
| Deceased | 28/07/1944 | 72 | 14/03/2017 | 36 |
