Song of the Underworld
Chitei no uta
Release: 1956-12-12
·Runtime: 89m
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).
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Hisako Yamane
as Tatsuko Iwata
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Izu
Shirō Yanase
Minako Katsuki
as Hanako Yamada
Kaku Takashina
as Tetsu
Taizō Fukami
as Yoshida
Yūjirō Ishihara
as "Diamond" Fuyu
Ichirō Sugai
as Okaruhachi
Eiko Higashitani
as Matsue Ichikawa
Saburo Hiromatsu
as Sato
Hiroshi Nawa
as Mitsuo Tsuruta
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
as Satoko Izu
