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Gamblers and Racketeers
Gamblers and Racketeers

Gamblers and Racketeers

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Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will stop at nothing to undermine the vendors and take over the territory. Masakichi will do all he can to protect and support the people. Ryutaro Kijima is senior son to Masakichi, though disowned, he keeps interest in the family from a distance. He will be there for his father and his hot tempered younger brother Katsuo, if they should need his loyal help.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

24 December 1964

Country

Japan

Cast

Chiezo Kataoka

Chiezo Kataoka

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Minoru Ōki

Minoru Ōki

Jūshirō Konoe

Jūshirō Konoe

Chiyoko Shimakura

Chiyoko Shimakura

Nami Munakata

Nami Munakata

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

Daimaru Nakata

Daimaru Nakata

Racket Nakata

Racket Nakata

Keisuke Otori

Keisuke Otori

Ichiro Chagawa

Ichiro Chagawa

Kiyoshi Hitomi

Kiyoshi Hitomi

Utako Kyō

Utako Kyō

Kensaku Hara

Kensaku Hara

Hideo Sunazuka

Hideo Sunazuka

Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Seiya Satō

Seiya Satō

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Akikane Sawa

Akikane Sawa

Kenji Ushio

Kenji Ushio

Noboru Aihara

Noboru Aihara

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Kanbi Fujiyama

Kanbi Fujiyama

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

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