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A Gambler's Certain Death

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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.

Directed byKiyoshi Saeki

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
JA
Released
September 6, 1969
Studios
Toei Company

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Isamu Nagato

Isamu Nagato

Yuko Hama

Yuko Hama

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Ken Sudo

Ken Sudo

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Shōtarō Hayashi

Shōtarō Hayashi

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Hiroko Sakaki

Harue Tone

Harue Tone

Creative team
Directed by
Kiyoshi Saeki
Kiyoshi Saeki
Written by
Gorō Tanada

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