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Three Yakuza
Three Yakuza

Three Yakuza

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A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to avenge his Boss. He must make a life or death decision as he is asked to protect a gang from attack. Part 2: A pair of gamblers chased out of a crooked game must fight not only their pursuers, but the ghosts of their pasts as well. Part 3: A wanderer who wants to live according to the Yakuza Code, but is not sure that he can do so when asked to save a town from an evil official.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

120 mins

Rating

7.8/10

Release Date

22 May 1965

Country

Japan

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Wakaba Irie

Wakaba Irie

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Tokinosuke Nakamura

Tokinosuke Nakamura

Sen Yano

Sen Yano

Kenji Egi

Kenji Egi

Shinjirō Ehara

Shinjirō Ehara

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Yutaka Sera

Yutaka Sera

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Shinnosuke Ogata

Shinnosuke Ogata

Yasushi Ōshiro

Yasushi Ōshiro

Shinzō Hotta

Shinzō Hotta

Masuo Kamiki

Masuo Kamiki

Kayoko Tominaga

Kayoko Tominaga

Ryūko Azuma

Ryūko Azuma

Sakae Nishizaki

Sakae Nishizaki

Hiroshi Mizuno

Hiroshi Mizuno

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

Mineko Maruhira

Mineko Maruhira

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kunijirō Yanagi

Kunijirō Yanagi

Gorō Naniwa

Gorō Naniwa

Shunsuke Haruga

Shunsuke Haruga

Shunji Daito

Shunji Daito

Tokumaro Dan

Tokumaro Dan

Hanzō Kataoka

Hanzō Kataoka

Heitaro Gori

Heitaro Gori

Masaharu Arikawa

Masaharu Arikawa

Kuniomi Kitani

Kuniomi Kitani

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