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The Drifting Gambler
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The Drifting Gambler

1970-04-18 · 100 min · ★ 9.0

Crime

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.

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Directors
Kōsaku Yamashita
Production companies
Unavailable
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Koji TsurutaKoji TsurutaEijiro Funaki
Tomisaburō WakayamaTomisaburō WakayamaYoshii Yusaku
Michitarō MizushimaMichitarō MizushimaIchizo Yamagata
Kyōsuke MachidaKyōsuke MachidaShinkichi Shimizu
Bin AmatsuBin AmatsuKohei Kumagai
Sumiko FujiSumiko FujiKohide
Sanae KitabayashiSanae KitabayashiTomi
Asao UchidaAsao UchidaMasagoro Ochiai
Ryuji KitaKomanosuke Kikuchi
Nobuo YanaNobuo YanaShota Nomura
Kazutarō Kuni
Sachio Miyagi
Kenji UshioKenji Ushio
Kinji NakamuraKinji Nakamura
Shintaro Nasu
Hideo MurotaHideo Murota
Midori Yamada
Fujio SugaFujio Suga
Akira ShiojiAkira Shioji
Tetsuya YamaokaTetsuya Yamaoka

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