Song of the Underworld

Song of the Underworld

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 12, 1956

Runtime

1h 29m

Original Title

Chitei no uta

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Director

Haruyasu Noguchi

Description

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).