[2] Reviewer Marina D. Richter of asianmoviepulse.com wrote that it "feels like a rehearsal for the later yakuza-themed Takashi's films like 'Deadly Outlaw: Rekka' or 'Graveyard of Honor' (both from 2002)".

[5] In his book Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike, author Tom Mes writes that the film's "title was an explicit reference to the successful yakuza series Battles Without Honor and Humanity directed by Kinji Fukasaku in the first half of the 1970s and also produced by Toei.

Sane, who had played the role of Soma in Miike's Daisan No Gokudō films, served as producer on Jingi Naki Yabō.

The film was an attempt to launch his son Hideki as a leading man in V-cinema, an intention reflected in the story, which deals with a father-son relation ship and the gap between generations.

"[7] Mes continues, writing, "Although its main character is another typical Miike outcast, this weakness and the film’s unremarkable handling on a stylistic level make Jingi Naki Yabō at best an average entry in the director's filmography.