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Sympathy for the Underdog
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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.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- 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
- Radiance Films
- 93
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Koji Tsuruta, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Noboru Ando, Hiroshi Hasegawa
- English
- Japanese
- 1
Sympathy for the Underdog
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Blu-ray
£14.99
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Release Date: 08 December 2025
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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.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- 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
- Radiance Films
- 93
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Koji Tsuruta, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Noboru Ando, Hiroshi Hasegawa
- English
- Japanese
- 1
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