Sympathy for the Underdog

Sympathy for the Underdog
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKinji Fukasaku
Written byKinji Fukasaku
Fumio Konami
Hirō Matsuda
Produced byKoji Shundo
Toru Yoshida
StarringKōji Tsuruta
Noboru Ando
CinematographyHanjiro Nakazawa
Edited byOsamu Tanaka
Music byTakeo Yamashita
Distributed byToei
Release date
  • January 12, 1971 (1971-01-12)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.[1] Home Vision Entertainment released the movie on DVD in North America in 2005.[2]

  1. ^ "The 25 Best Yakuza Movies". Complex. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
  2. ^ "Sympathy for the Underdog". Amazon. February 2005. Retrieved 2014-10-02.