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).

Starring

Haruyasu Noguchi, Masanori Tsujii, Yūjirō Ishihara, Hiroshi Nawa, Kazue Nagatsuka, Yasutaro Yagi, Hisako Yamane, Taiko Hirabayashi, Minako Katsuki

Director

Haruyasu Noguchi

Producer

Kenzo Asada