Sympathy for the Underdog

Sympathy for the Underdog
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku
Written by	Kinji Fukasaku Fumio Konami Hirō Matsuda
Produced by	Koji Shundo Toru Yoshida
Starring	Kōji Tsuruta Noboru Ando
Cinematography	Hanjiro Nakazawa
Edited by	Osamu Tanaka
Music by	Takeo Yamashita
Distributed by	Toei
Release date	January 12, 1971 (1971-01-12)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Sympathy for the Underdog, known in Japan as Bakuto Gaijin Butai (博徒外人部隊, "Outlaw Gambler-Foreign Legion"), 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 (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battle Royale) last film featuring Kōji Tsuruta. Complex named it number 8 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies.^[1] Home Vision Entertainment released the movie on DVD in North America in 2005.^[2]