Battle Without Honor or Humanity

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For the five-part Japanese movie series, see Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battle Without Honor or Humanity is an alternate version of Shin jingi-naki tatakai, an instrumental piece by Tomoyasu Hotei, originally used in the 2000 film Another Battle (aka Shin Jinginaki Tatakai) by Junji Sakamoto, in which Hotei also performs as an actor. The original version was also available in Hotei's live album Rock the Future Tour 2000-2001.

To Western audiences it is probably more recognized for its use in the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill and earlier in its teaser.

3 versions of the track are featured on Hotei's 2004 album Electric Samurai (The Noble Savage).

A cut of this song is featured on the American PlayStation 2 music game Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA, and a cover of this song appears on the Japanese PlayStation 2 music game Pop'n Music 13 Carnival.

The song is also commonly used by ESPN radio.

It is also used on The X Factor in the UK as the music the contestants walk onto the stage with and also was used in the 2006 BBC Sports Personality of the Year to introduce the four boxers as they were stepping into the stage in the style of a boxing match. Also for a short period of time in 2004, it was used in the Car Park Catch-Phrase skit on Radio 1's The Chris Moyles Show until later in the year it started to use a different version due to legal reason.

This song has appeared on the American PlayStation 2 release of the game Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA. Its appearance on the Japanese version is still unknown.