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Three Gamblers

Three Gamblers

1967 1h 25mCrimeDrama

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

4.3/5

TMDB score· 4 votes

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Synopsis

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

Behind it

Shigehiro OzawaShigehiro OzawaDirectorAkira MuraoScreenplayToshiaki TsushimaComposerJūhei SuzukiCinematography

Cast

Koji TsurutaKoji TsurutaNaojiro Oshima
Kyōsuke MachidaKyōsuke MachidaKansuke Sugiyama
Ryō IkebeRyō IkebeKunitaro Nagano
Sanae KitabayashiSanae KitabayashiSato
Tōru AbeTōru AbeKichinosuke Koizumi
Tatsuo EndōTatsuo EndōShorin O
Hōsei KomatsuHōsei KomatsuDenpo Cho
Akitake KōnoAkitake KōnoToyomatsu Inoue
Shigeyoshi FujiokaNoboru Koizumi
Takashi EbataTakashi EbataKyuroku Akune
Kenji KusumotoKenji KusumotoTatsuma Okamoto
Ryūko AzumaRyūko AzumaSumiko
Yoshiko YamadaOsue
Jūkei FujiokaJūkei Fujioka
Hideto Kagawa
Takashi NoguchiTakashi Noguchi
Kyōnosuke Murai
Gorō Naniwa

Director

Shigehiro Ozawa

Writers

Akira Murao, Shigehiro Ozawa

Release date

12 Jan 1967

Runtime

1h 25m

Studio

Toei Company

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Gambler Collection

Gambler (Bakuto) is a series of 10 ninkyo films starring Koji Tsuruta produced by Toei between 1964 and 1971. Not to be confused with Tsuruta and Toei's Gamblers (Bakuchi-uchi) series.

Gambler

The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group, but refuses. A young fashion villain, a Yakuza boss wants to get into politics. He makes a deal with the Osaka Railway Company, leaving many poor people homeless. Tachibana engages in a fierce battle with villains for the poor.

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Prison Gambler

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Prison Gambler

1964

Gamblers and Racketeers

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

1964

Seven Gamblers

Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with the help of six handicapped guys.

3.3

Seven Gamblers

1966

Three Gamblers

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

4.3

Three Gamblers

1967

Gambler's Farewell

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

4.0

Gambler's Farewell

1968

Gambler Biography

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

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1968

A Wad of Notes

A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza’s ill deeds.

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A Wad of Notes

1970

Sympathy for the Underdog

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

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Sympathy for the Underdog

1971

The Gambler's Counterattack

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.

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The Gambler's Counterattack

1971

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