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title: 'Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kinji Fukasaku'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sympathy-for-the-underdog-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066806/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)

1971 · 93 min · Drama, Crime · Japan

Original title: 博徒外人部隊

## Synopsis

Sympathy for the Underdog, known in Japan as Bakuto Gaijin Butai , is a 1971 Japanese yakuza film directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Kōji Tsuruta and Noboru Ando. It is director Fukasaku's last film featuring Kōji Tsuruta. Complex named it number 8 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kinji Fukasaku](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinji-fukasaku)
- **Screenplay:** [Kinji Fukasaku](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinji-fukasaku)

## Cast

- [Tomisaburō Wakayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomisaburo-wakayama)
- [Noboru Ando](https://cinepixo.com/people/noboru-ando)
- [Kaku Takashina](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaku-takashina)
- [Kōji Tsuruta](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-tsuruta)
- [Hideo Murota](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-murota)
- [Tsunehiko Watase](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsunehiko-watase)

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