Drama ·Action ·Crime · Japan · 1971 · 1h 33m

Sympathy for the Underdog

博徒外人部隊

Sympathy for the Underdog poster
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Cast
Koji Tsuruta as Masuo Gunji Tomisaburō Wakayama as Yonabaru Noboru Andō as Noburo Kudo Asao Koike as Ozaki Tsunehiko Watase as Shin Seki Akiko Kudō as Terumi Higa
Crew
Hanjirō Nakazawa — Director of Photography Osamu Tanaka — Editor Takeo Yamashita — Original Music Composer Fumio Kōnami — Screenplay Hirō Matsuda — Screenplay Kinji Fukasaku — Screenplay
Synopsis

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

Trailer Sympathy for the Underdog — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
yakuzaokinawa
Key Collaborators
Kinji Fukasaku Director Hanjirō Nakazawa Director of Photography Osamu Tanaka Editor Takeo Yamashita Original Music Composer Fumio Kōnami Screenplay Hirō Matsuda Screenplay Kinji Fukasaku Screenplay Kōji Shundō Producer Toru Yoshida Producer Hiroshi Kitagawa Production Design
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