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Big Time Gambling Boss
Big Time Gambling Boss

Big Time Gambling Boss

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DramaCrimeThriller

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Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

14 January 1968

Country

Japan

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Shinjirô Nakai

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Hiroe

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Tsuyako

Hiroshi Nawa

Hiroshi Nawa

Kôhei Ishido

Harumi Sone

Harumi Sone

Iwakichi Mizutani

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

Gisuke Kawashima

Shinichirō Mikami

Shinichirō Mikami

Otokichi Kobayashi

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tetsuo Matsuda

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Tasaburô Senba

Meichō Soganoya

Meichō Soganoya

Uichirô Nishio

Yōichi Numata

Yōichi Numata

Susumu Noguchi

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Yūsaku Aoki

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Tsuneji Kitagawa

Kensaku Hara

Kensaku Hara

Tomojirô Goi

Keishiro Kojima

Keishiro Kojima

Konishi

Kazutarō Kuni

Kazutarō Kuni

Sônosuke Iwakura

Kinya Suzuki

Kinya Suzuki

Kenji

Mitsukazu Kawamura

Mitsukazu Kawamura

Young Man A

Masao Hori

Masao Hori

Sadazô Sakagami

Ryōta Minowada

Ryōta Minowada

Sakichi Ichikawa

Akira Hirasawa

Akira Hirasawa

Hyôkichi Hayakawa

Isao Takanami

Isao Takanami

Numata

Kuniomi Kitani

Kuniomi Kitani

Young Man B

Hideto Kagawa

Hideto Kagawa

Minoru

Michiyo Hattori

Michiyo Hattori

Kumi

Chiyo Okada

Chiyo Okada

Toshiko

Masaru Ohki

Masaru Ohki

Kiyoshi Nagao

Eijirō Sekine

Eijirō Sekine

Seinosuke Takaeshita

Shintaro Nasu

Shintaro Nasu

Risuke Shibata

Toshio Kitagawa

Toshio Kitagawa

Joe

Izumi Noguchi

Izumi Noguchi

Akira

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Masakichi Arakawa

Ryō Nishida

Ryō Nishida

Junpei Arishima

Junpei Arishima

Hiroshi Fujikawa

Hiroshi Fujikawa

Takeshi Kumagai

Takeshi Kumagai

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