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Ruthless Gambler
Ruthless Gambler

Ruthless Gambler

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ActionCrimeDrama

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Unlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and humanity with a yakuza lover as the main character. A young man who heard that his former boss was killed is imprisoned by slashing his family's minions, and his lover is tortured by the enemy, but rescued by the imprisoned young man's nemesis.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

88 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

28 June 1969

Country

Japan

Cast

Chieko Matsubara

Chieko Matsubara

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Hiroko Ogi

Hiroko Ogi

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Shōki Fukae

Shōki Fukae

Hiroshi Kondō

Hiroshi Kondō

Kaku Takashina

Kaku Takashina

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Nakajirō Tomita

Nakajirō Tomita

Utako Shibusawa

Utako Shibusawa

Kyoko Kozakura

Kyoko Kozakura

Ichiro Kijima

Ichiro Kijima

Jushiro Hirata

Jushiro Hirata

Hyōe Enoki

Hyōe Enoki

Saburo Hiromatsu

Saburo Hiromatsu

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