Sympathy for the Underdog (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray (UK Import)

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Sympathy for the Underdog (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray (UK Import)

Radiance Films

Original title:博徒外人部隊 / Bakuto gaijin butai

Year: 1971
Country: Japan
Region code: A/B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060974681105

Image: -

HDR: -

Audio: Japanese - Uncompressed Mono PCM

Subtitles : English

Age Rating: -

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Koji Tsuruta , Tomisaburo Wakayama

Director: Kinji Fukasaku


Synopsis:

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 gray 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.

Additional 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
• 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
• Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings