Sympathy for the Underdog Blu-ray

Release Year: 1971

Runtime: 93 min

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Cast: Koji Tsuruta, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Noboru Andō, Asao Koike, Tsunehiko Watase

Studios: Toei Company

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

Special Features:

High-Definition digital transfer

Uncompressed mono PCM audio

Audio commentary by yakuza film expert Nathan Stuart (2024)

Interview with Fukusaku biographer Olivier Hadouchi (2024, 27 mins)

That Distant Territory - A visual essay on Okinawa on screen by film historian and author Aaron Gerow (2024, 26 mins)

Trailer

New and improved English subtitle translation

Newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow

Technical Specifications:

• High-Definition digital transfer
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Dolby Audio
• 2.35:1
• Mono