Top Cast
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Koji Tsuruta
Shinjirô Nakai
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Sumiko Fuji
Hiroe
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Hiroko Sakuramachi
Tsuyako
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Hiroshi Nawa
Kôhei Ishido
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Harumi Sone
Iwakichi Mizutani
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Takamaru Sasaki
Gisuke Kawashima
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Shinichirō Mikami
Otokichi Kobayashi
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Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tetsuo Matsuda
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Nobuo Kaneko
Tasaburô Senba
Overview
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.
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