Returning from a ten-year prison sentence, former gang leader Gunji (Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss) finds that his turf has been taken over

Returning from a ten-year prison sentence, former gang leader Gunji (Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss) finds that his turf has been taken over by his former enemy, now a large crime syndicate with a legal corporate front. Looking for new opportunities, he gathers his old crew and heads for the island of Okinawa, a legal grey zone ripe for the taking. Made just before Kinji (Yakuza Graveyard) Fukasaku”s 1970s streak of yakuza movie masterpieces, Sympathy for the Underdog is a key film in the development of this director”s unique style and themes.

Bonus Materials

• High-Definition digital transfer
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Audio commentary by yakuza film expert Nathan Stuart (2024)
• Interview with Fukasaku biographer Olivier Hadouchi (2024)
• Visual essay on Okinawa on screen by film historian and author Aaron Gerow (2024)
• Trailer
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Bastian Meiresonne and an archival review of the film

Cast & Crew

Actors:

• Koji Tsuruta
• Tomisaburo Wakayama
• Noboru Ando
• Tsunehiko Watase
• Akiko Kudô
• Kenji Imai
• Harumi Sone
• Tôru Yuri
• Asao Uchida
• Hideo Murota
• Keijirô Morozumi
• Keiichi Kitagawa
• Hiroshi Hasegawa
• Shôken Sawa
• Kaku Takashina
• Takashi Hio
• Genji Kawai
• Shinobu Miura

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Additional Details

Label: Radiance

Genre: Action/Adventure

Language: Japanese

Run Time: 93 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/25/24

UPC: 760137155843