Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)

Original title

博徒外人部隊

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former yakuza boss gets out of prison and tries to start a new life in Okinawa. He gets drawn back into gang conflicts with a local mob.

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What happens

Sympathy for the Underdog, known in Japan as Bakuto Gaijin Butai (博徒外人部隊; "Outlaw Gambler-Foreign Legion"), is a 1971 Japanese yakuza film directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Kōji Tsuruta and Noboru Ando. It is director Fukasaku's (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battle Royale) last film featuring Kōji Tsuruta. Complex named it number 8 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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