The Gambling Samurai

The Gambling Samurai

1960•1h 41m•6.3/10

AdventureDramaAction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(6)

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.

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Production

TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Kunisada Chuji

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Niko Enzo

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Fumizo Mitsuki

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Kansuke

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Enzo Niko

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Toku

Yū Fujiki

Yū Fujiki

Gentetsu Shimizu

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Magistrate Jubei Matsui

Nakamura Kanzaburo

Nakamura Kanzaburo

Kantaro at age 6

Kumi Mizuno

Kumi Mizuno

Kiku

Yoshio Kosugi

Yoshio Kosugi

Tokisaburo

Senkichi Ōmura

Senkichi Ōmura

Yoshi

Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke Yamada

Uemon

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai

Seiichiro Nakajima

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

Tomimatsu

Mutoshi Happa

Matahachi

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Seishichiro

Haruya Katō

Gorô Sakurai

Sadashiro

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