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Gamblers and Racketeers
Genres
CrimeDrama
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
91 min
Release Date
1964-12-24
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
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Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Chiezo Kataoka
Koji Tsuruta
Hiroki Matsukata
Minoru Ōki
Jūshirō Konoe
Chiyoko Shimakura
Nami Munakata
Sumiko Fuji
Tōru Abe
Tatsuo Endō
Yoshi Katō
Haruo Tanaka
Asao Uchida
Kusuo Abe
Daimaru Nakata
Racket Nakata
Keisuke Otori
Ichiro Chagawa
Kiyoshi Hitomi
Utako Kyō
Kensaku Hara
Hideo Sunazuka
Nobuo Yana
Michimaro Otabe
Seiya Satō
Kunio Kaga
Kenji Kusumoto
Akikane Sawa
Kenji Ushio
Noboru Aihara
Tetsuro Tamba
Kanbi Fujiyama
Akira Shioji
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