Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

Part of Jirocho Sangokushi

1953•1h 23m•10.0/10

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10.0/10(1)

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

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TOHO

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Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Akio Kobori

Torazo Hirosawa

Setsuko Wakayama

Miyuki Takakura

Eiko Miyoshi

Keiko Sumida

Michiko Toyoshima

Hisaya Morishige

Jun Tazaki

Haruo Tanaka

Sachio Sakai

Kunitaro Sawamura

Nakajirō Tomita

Kan Hayashi

Toranosuke Ogawa

Yoshio Kosugi

Kazuo Ishii

Kenji Mori

Seizaburō Kawazu

In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.

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7.5

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Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

Ratings

Production

Language

Status

Release Date

Cast

Akio Kobori

Torazo Hirosawa

Setsuko Wakayama

Miyuki Takakura

Eiko Miyoshi

Keiko Sumida

Michiko Toyoshima

Hisaya Morishige

Jun Tazaki

Haruo Tanaka

Sachio Sakai

Kunitaro Sawamura

Nakajirō Tomita

Kan Hayashi

Toranosuke Ogawa

Yoshio Kosugi

Kazuo Ishii

Kenji Mori

Seizaburō Kawazu

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