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Sympathy for the Underdog, known in Japan as Bakuto-Gaijin Butai , 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 last film featuring Kōji 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.
Original Release
01/12/1971
US Release
08/19/2000
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Koji Tsuruta | Gunji |
| Tomisaburo Wakayama | Yonabaru - Koza downtown boss / Yonabaru |
| Tsunehiko Watase | |
| Akiko Kudô | |
| Kenji Imai | Mad Dog Jiro |
| Harumi Sone | |
| Toru Yuri | |
| Asao Uchida | |
| Hideo Murota | |
| Keijirô Morozumi | Gushken |
Directors
Writers
Kinji Fukasaku, Fumio Kônami, Hirô Matsuda
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Koji Tsuruta | Gunji |
| Tomisaburo Wakayama | Yonabaru - Koza downtown boss / Yonabaru |
| Tsunehiko Watase | |
| Akiko Kudô | |
| Kenji Imai | Mad Dog Jiro |
| Harumi Sone | |
| Toru Yuri | |
| Asao Uchida | |
| Hideo Murota | |
| Keijirô Morozumi | Gushken |
| Keiichi Kitagawa | |
| Hiroshi Hasegawa | |
| Shôken Sawa | |
| Kaku Takashina | |
| Takashi Hio | |
| Genji Kawai | |
| Shinobu Miura | |
| Chie Kobayashi | |
| Tooru Hanada | |
| Hajime Kubo |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Kôji Shundô | Producer |
| Toru Yoshida | Producer |
