Gambler Biography

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

as Yûjirô Wakamatsu

Minoru Ōki

as Osamu Kawada

Sanae Kitabayashi

as Nobuko Kawada

Tomisaburō Wakayama

as Adachi Sanji

Sumiko Fuji

as Kasuya

Ken Takakura

Saburo Kitajima

as Kôhei Kozakura

Masumi Tachibana

as Okumi

Toshi Amatsu

as Tsunekichi Kanemitsu

Hitamura Nawa

as Jirô Kanemitsu

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