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Gamblers
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Gamblers

1967-01-28 · 90 min · ★ 8.0

Action · Crime · Drama

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, who also just happens to be the master who had tattooed the magnificent dragon on Tsuruta’s back, is now a dissolute, bitter drunk living with his son in law and sickly grandson. His daughter, the boy’s mom, is indentured at the brothel run by boss Nakamura and daughter Matsuo. Nakamura’s two faced second in command Amatsu will not let the mother see her son…

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Directors
Shigehiro Ozawa
Production companies
Toei Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Koji TsurutaKoji Tsuruta
Kyōsuke MachidaKyōsuke Machida
Tomisaburō WakayamaTomisaburō WakayamaOzeki Isamu
Hiroko SakuramachiHiroko Sakuramachi
Seizaburō KawazuSeizaburō Kawazu
Asao KoikeAsao Koike
Shingo YamashiroShingo Yamashiro
Hiroshi NawaHiroshi Nawa
Masumi TachibanaMasumi Tachibana
Takashi NoguchiTakashi Noguchi
Ryō NishidaRyō Nishida
Daisuke AwajiDaisuke Awaji
Kanbi FujiyamaKanbi Fujiyama
Hisako Tsurumi

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