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A Gambler's Certain Death
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A Gambler's Certain Death

1969-09-06 · 93 min · Not rated

Crime

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt trap by a rotten gambling den owner (Tatsuo Endo) and his dishonest card dealer (Isamu Nagato). The plot is standard stuff and features too much talk, but there's also a decent balance between melodrama and lyricism in the form and storytelling. Tsuruta was a perfect fit for these kind of roles, with the stoic and emotional sides nicely mixed in his screen persona.

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Directors
Kiyoshi Saeki
Production companies
Toei Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Koji TsurutaKoji Tsuruta
Isamu NagatoIsamu Nagato
Yuko HamaYuko Hama
Rinichi YamamotoRinichi Yamamoto
Ken SudoKen Sudo
Takashi EbataTakashi Ebata
Shōtarō HayashiShōtarō Hayashi
Michimaro OtabeMichimaro Otabe
Hiroko Sakaki
Harue ToneHarue Tone
Kinzō ShinKinzō Shin
Tatsuo EndōTatsuo Endō
Shōgo ShimadaShōgo Shimada
Tomisaburō WakayamaTomisaburō Wakayama

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