Gamblers and Racketeers
5.5
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.
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Gamblers and Racketeers
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Three Gamblers
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Gambler's Farewell
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A Wad of Notes
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Sympathy for the Underdog
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The Gambler's Counterattack
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Cast
53 people
Chiezo Kataoka
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Koji Tsuruta
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Akira Murao
Shigehiro Ozawa
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Utau abarenbō
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 12 - The Mystery of the Ever-Changing Tamamushi Mansion!
Ichirō Saitō
Shigeru Okada
Hiroki Matsukata
Known for
13 Assassins
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Osamu Furuya
Minoru Ōki
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Shogun Assassin
Kozo Horiike
Jūshirō Konoe
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Zatoichi Challenged
Seventeen Ninja
Norimichi Igawa
Shigehiro Ozawa Director · Akira Murao Screenplay Ichirō Saitō Composer
First release December 24, 1964 · Produced in Japan · Original title 博徒対テキ屋
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
博徒対テキ屋
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 24, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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