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Song of the Underworld

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).

Top 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

  • Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

    Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

    Izu

  • Kaku Takashina

    Kaku Takashina

    Tetsu

  • Eiko Higashitani

    Eiko Higashitani

    Matsue Ichikawa

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).

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