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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Part of Gamblers Collection
10 films
Gamblers
Movie · 1967
Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo
Movie · 1967
Gamblers: Victory Without Death
Movie · 1967
Big Time Gambling Boss
Movie · 1968
Gamblers: The Raid
Movie · 1968
Gambling Den's Master Clan
Movie · 1968
A Gambler's Certain Death
Movie · 1969
The Drifting Gambler
Movie · 1970
Fate Deals the Card of Death
Movie · 1971
The Pledge
Movie · 1972
Cast
20 people
Koji Tsuruta
Known for
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Isamu Nagato
Known for
Three Outlaw Samurai
Gorô Tanada
Kiyoshi Saeki
Shigeru Akatsuka
Yuko Hama
Also in
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
Kozo Horiike
Rinichi Yamamoto
Known for
Shōgun
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Masanobu Higurashi
Ken Sudo
Also in
Prince of Space
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Akira Ishihara
Takashi Ebata
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Demons
Kiyoshi Saeki Director · Gorō Tanada Screenplay Masanobu Higurashi Composer
First release September 6, 1969 · Produced in Japan · Original title 必殺博奕打ち
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
必殺博奕打ち
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 6, 1969
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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