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Song of the Underworld (1956)

★ 0.0/10 89 min Japan Japanese
Screenplay by: Yasutaro Yagi
Story by: Taiko Hirabayashi
Streaming: Not available

Description

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshida man, Fuyu, the Izu family sends Tsuruta, a senior member of the clan, to make a personal apology to Fuyu. Tsuruta discovers that the woman he is in love with is Fuyu's sister, Tatsuko. Tsuruta ends up gambling with a swindler, who is in fact Tatsuko's husband. (The general plot of the film was re-used for Seijun Suzuki's Kanto Wanderer).

Top Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara
Yūjirō Ishihara "Diamond" Fuyu
Hiroshi Nawa
Hiroshi Nawa Mitsuo Tsuruta
Hisako Yamane
Hisako Yamane Tatsuko Iwata
Minako Katsuki
Minako Katsuki Hanako Yamada
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Yoshiko Tsubouchi Satoko Izu
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai Okaruhachi
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi Izu
Kaku Takashina
Kaku Takashina Tetsu

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