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- a person or group of people with less power, money, etc. than the rest of society: As a politician, her sympathy was always for the underdog in society.
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Sympathy for the Underdog, known in Japan as Bakuto Gaijin Butai (博徒外人部隊, "Outlaw Gambler-Foreign Legion"), is a 1971 Japanese yakuza film directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Kōji Tsuruta and Noboru Ando.
Oct 19, 2023 · In short, we root for the underdog because we can relate to them. We identify with their struggle, their passion and their resolve to push forward, despite being in a disadvantaged position. Furthermore, watching the underdog persist through difficult times and succeed gives us the reassurance that we can make our mark on the world too!
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Jun 21, 2024 · Sympathy for the Underdog has lost none of its raw, kinetic power. by Derek Smith. June 21, 2024. When we first see Gunji Masuo (Tsuruta Kôji), the ex-chief of a yakuza gang, he’s strutting out of Yokohama prison following a 10-year stint inside.
Sympathy for the Underdog ★★½ Bakuto Gaijin Butai; Gamblers in Okinawa 1971. Old-fashioned yakuza Masuo Gunji (Tsuruta) is released after a 10-year prison stint and discovers that all the dock action has been commandeered by the Daitokai crime syndicate.
Mar 16, 2021 · The present research examines whether this pattern reveals a general human tendency to empathise more with the emotions of individuals with low (versus high) power. Six experiments ( N = 878) examined how power influences the focus of people’s emotional attributions.
- François Quesque, Alexandre Foncelle, Elodie Barat, Eric Chabanat, Yves Rossetti, Jean-Baptiste Van ...
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Jul 7, 2008 · Made just before Kinji (Yakuza Graveyard) Fukasaku’s 1970s streak of yakuza movie masterpieces, Sympathy for the Underdog is a key film in the development of this director’s unique style and themes.
Sympathy for the Underdog is presented in uncompressed LPCM mono and its original Japanese. The mix is a bit crowded, there’s some aspirated hiss throughout the dialogue, and the basic effects are a bit crispy, but it’s no more distorted or fuzzy than one would expect from the era.
