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Sympathy for the Underdog
Sympathy for the Underdog, known in Japan as , 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. Home Vision Entertainment released the movie on DVD in North America in 2005.
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