Song of the Underworld (1956)
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).
Director:
Haruyasu Noguchi
Writer:
Yasutaro Yagi
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Yūjirō Ishihara as "Diamond" Fuyu |
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Hiroshi Nawa as Mitsuo Tsuruta |
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Hisako Yamane as Tatsuko Iwata |
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Minako Katsuki as Hanako Yamada |
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Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Satoko Izu |
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Ichirō Sugai as Okaruhachi |
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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Izu |
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Kaku Takashina as Tetsu |
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Eiko Higashitani as Matsue Ichikawa |
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Mitsuko Mitagawa as Tokiko Izu |
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Taizō Fukami as Yoshida |
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Saburo Hiromatsu as Sato |
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Keisuke Yukioka as Meguro |
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Yōichirō Mikawa as Yagami |
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Shirō Yanase as |
| Sound | Rokurō Hara | Music |
| Sound | Saburô Takahashi | Sound |
| Production | Kenzo Asada | Producer |
| Editing | Masanori Tsujii | Editor |
| Art | Yasuhiro Otsuru | Art Direction |
| Directing | Haruyasu Noguchi | Director |
| Writing | Taiko Hirabayashi | Story |
| Camera | Kazue Nagatsuka | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Yasutaro Yagi | Screenplay |