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Song of the Underworld

12/12/1956

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1hr 29min

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STORY

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).

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Yūjirō Ishihara
  • Hiroshi Nawa
  • Hisako Yamane
  • Minako Katsuki
  • Yoshiko Tsubouchi

    Director

  • Haruyasu Noguchi

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Nikkatsu Corporation

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

"Diamond" Fuyu

Hiroshi Nawa

Mitsuo Tsuruta

Hisako Yamane

Tatsuko Iwata

Minako Katsuki

Hanako Yamada

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Satoko Izu

Ichirō Sugai

Okaruhachi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Izu

Kaku Takashina

Tetsu

Eiko Higashitani

Matsue Ichikawa

Mitsuko Mitagawa

Tokiko Izu