"Battle Without Honor or Humanity" is an alternate version of "Shin jingi-naki tatakai", an instrumental piece by Tomoyasu Hotei

Tomoyasu Hotei

is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Hotei at number 70 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.- Life and career :...

, originally used in the 2000 film Another Battle (aka Shin Jinginaki Tatakai) by Junji Sakamoto

Junji Sakamoto

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

Electric Samurai (The Noble Savage)

Electric Samurai is a 2004 album by Tomoyasu Hotei. In addition to a few original tracks, the album includes much of Hotei's work for the soundtracks of the films Samurai Fiction and Shin Jinginaki Tatakai...

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“Battle Without Honor or Humanity” was featured in the movies Kill Bill

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, Transformers, Shrek the Third

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, Hotel for Dogs

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, Team America: World Police

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and the games Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA

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and Pop'n Music Carnival (13)

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. It also made an appearance in a first season episode of My Name Is Earl

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, and has been used in a variety of automobile ad campaigns worldwide, including the 2007 Transformers film. It is the intro theme used during the Colin Cowherd

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 radio show syndicated in the United States via ESPN Radio

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 and the theme for the d20 Docking Bay on the Order 66 podcast

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. The song also appeared in the trailer for the PlayStation 3

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 game Gran Turismo HD by Polyphony Digital

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. It was also used in the season 10 Finale of Dancing With the Stars

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