Sympathy for the Underdog
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Produced by | Koji Shundo Tatsuo Yoshida |
| Written by | Kinji Fukasaku Fumio Konami Hirō Matsuda |
| Starring | Koji Tsuruta Noboru Ando |
| Music by | Takeo Yamashita |
| Cinematography | Hanjiro Nakazawa |
| Editing by | Osamu Tanaka |
| Distributed by | Toei |
| Release date(s) | Jan 12, 1971 |
| Running time | 93 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Sympathy for the Underdog (博徒外人部隊 Bakuto gaijin butai?) is a 1971 Japanese yakuza film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Koji Tsuruta and Noboru Ando.
This film was director Kinji Fukasaku's (Battle Royale, Battles Without Honor and Humanity) last film featuring Koji Tsuruta as the main character. In the film Koji Tsuruta plays a hard boiled Yakuza boss, Gunji, who's yakuza gang is driven out of Yokohama by a powerful gang from Tokyo. After being released from prison, Gunji collects what is left of his loyal members to start over his small organization. However after setting up their new operation in Okinawa, the large yakuza organization from Tokyo that was responsible for their previous downfall and Gunji's imprisonment, comes to the island in a grand procession to gain control of the territory. This leads to a bloody and cold confrontation that is the climax of the film.
[edit] External links
- Sympathy for the Underdog at the Internet Movie Database
- In memoriam: Kinji Fukasaku (1930-2003) at the Midnight Eye
- (Japanese) Sympathy for the Underdog at the Japanese Movie Database
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