{"product_id":"sympathy-for-the-underdog-blu-ray","title":"Sympathy for the Underdog | Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnother banger from Kinji Fukasaku. Sympathy for the Underdog just might be my favorite film from Japan's prolific Jitsuroku Eiga (docu-drama crime) director. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt has all his trademark style touches. Frenetic action, major exposition dumps, and choppy editing. But it also has a truly wonderful, jazzy score by Takeo Yamashita (notable for his work on Lupin the 3rd).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eKoji Tsuruta is a commanding force in the lead as Masuo Gunji, a former big-time mobster, fresh out of prison, hoping to carve out a new space for his own yakuza faction in Yokohama. Alongside former real life yakuza member Noboru Ando and the ever dynamic Tomisaburo Wakayama (of Lone Wolf and Cub fame), Sympathy for the Underdog presents Fukasaku firing on all cylinders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSpecial Features (via radiance.co.uk)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHigh-Definition digital transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUncompressed mono PCM audio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAudio commentary by yakuza film expert Nathan Stuart (2024)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eInterview with Fukasaku biographer Olivier Hadouchi (2024, 27 mins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat Distant Territory \u003c\/em\u003e- A visual essay on Okinawa on screen by film historian and author Aaron Gerow (2024, 26 mins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTrailer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNew and improved English subtitle translation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Zane's Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48192369787070,"sku":"760137213130","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/1436\/2558\/files\/SympathyForTheUnderdog_01_Front.png?v=1785573470","url":"https:\/\/zanesvideostore.com\/products\/sympathy-for-the-underdog-blu-ray","provider":"Zane's Video","version":"1.0","type":"link"}