Kanto Wanderer
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Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
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Cast
29 people
Akira Kobayashi
Katsuta
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Chieko Matsubara
Tokiko
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Dolls
Daizaburo Hirata
Diamond no Fuyu
Known for
Youth of the Beast
The Insect Woman
Hiroko Itō
Tatsuko
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Sanae Nakahara
Yamada Hanako
Known for
Lady Snowblood
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
Kaku Takashina
Yakami
Known for
Lake of Dracula
Chikako Shin
Ishikawa Matsue
Also in
Black Tight Killers
Living Together
Eimei Esumi
Known for
Kuroneko
Tokyo Drifter
Ichiro Kijima
Wakabayashi
Also in
Lady Snowblood
Fairy in a Cage
Keisuke Noro
Tetsu
Known for
Gate of Flesh
Hiroshi Kōno
Meguro
Known for
Youth of the Beast
Masuo Kinugasa
Also in
Night of the Felines
Nasty Diver
Seijun Suzuki Director · Yasutaro Yagi Screenplay Taiko Hirabayashi Story
First release November 23, 1963 · Produced in Japan · Original title 関東無宿
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production · Studio
Japan
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Languages
Original title
関東無宿
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 23, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
November 19, 2013 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Seijun Suzuki (Moscow)
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