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Sympathy for the Underdog is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Kinji Fukasaku with Kōji Tsuruta
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
博徒外人部隊 (Bakuto gaijin butai)
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Add to a movie listSympathy 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 Koji Tsuruta and Noboru Ando. It is director Fukasaku's (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battle Royale) last film featuring Koji Tsuruta. Complex named it number 8 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies. Home Vision Entertainment released the movie on DVD in North America in 2005.
Synopsis
Gunji Sadao, oyabun du clan Hamamura sort de prison après 10 ans de détention causé par ses rivaux du clan Daito qui dirigent désormais la ville de Yokohama.Actors
Kōji Tsuruta
(Masuo Gunji)
Noboru Ando
(Noburo Kudo)
Ken Takakura
Tsunehiko Watase
(Susumu Seki)
Tomisaburō Wakayama
(Yonabaru)
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