Song of the Underworld

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Release date: December 12, 1956
Duration: 89 minutes
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Overview

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).

Starring

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Yūjirō Ishihara
"Diamond" Fuyu
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Hiroshi Nawa
Mitsuo Tsuruta
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Hisako Yamane
Tatsuko Iwata
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Minako Katsuki
Hanako Yamada
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Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Satoko Izu