Song of the Underworld

Song of the Underworld

0 | 1956-12-12 |

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).

Featured Crew

Rokurō Hara Music
Saburô Takahashi Sound
Kenzo Asada Producer
Masanori Tsujii Editor
Yasuhiro Otsuru Art Direction
Haruyasu Noguchi Director
Taiko Hirabayashi Story
Kazue Nagatsuka Director of Photography
Yasutaro Yagi Screenplay

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
Eiko Higashitani
Eiko Higashitani
Matsue Ichikawa
Mitsuko Mitagawa
Mitsuko Mitagawa
Tokiko Izu

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