Sympathy for the Underdog (Bakuto gaijin butai)

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Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

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Koji Tsuruta
Gunji

Tomisaburo Wakayama
Yonabaru - Koza downtown boss

Tsunehiko Watase

Akiko Kudô

Kenji Imai
Mad Dog Jiro

Harumi Sone

Tôru Yuri

Asao Uchida

Written by

Kinji Fukasaku

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Masuo Gunji, is an honorable old-school yakuza boss whose gang is driven out of Yokohama by a powerful rival from Tokyo. After serving ten years in prison, Gunji reunites with the few men still loyal to him and sets out to rebuild his old organization. However, after setting up a lucrative bootlegging operation in Okinawa, the yakuza family from Tokyo that was responsible for their previous downfall and Gunji's imprisonment comes to the island planning to seize control of the territory. Gunji and his men are soon forced to engage in an epic battle for their lives.

Release date: 12 January 1971
UPC: 037429203927

Tags: 1970s (2), Drama (1), Japan (1), Crime (1), Foreign Language (1), 1971 (1), East Asia (1)

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"Masuo Gunji, is an honorable old-school yakuza boss whose gang is driven out of Yokohama by a powerful rival from Tokyo. After serving ten years in prison, Gunji reunites with the few men still loyal to him and sets out to rebuild his old organization. However, after setting up a lucrative bootlegging operation in Okinawa, the yakuza family from Tokyo that was responsible for their previous downfall and Gunji's imprisonment comes to the island planning to seize control of the territory. Gunji an"