The Lucky General

1962•1h 27m

Comedy

The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulged in gambling with his henchmen all day, he was running his business and hitting him with a taxi turned out to be a trifle for him. A unique work, filled with tears and laughter, praising the beautiful human love that blooms at the bottom of life, focused on the genius “General” who lives in the troubled city of Kamagasaki.

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Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Language

Status

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Release Date

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Cast

Hiroyuki Nagato

Yukiko Todoroki

Yoshitaka Zushi

Jun Hamamura

Sanae Nakahara

Takeshi Katō

Hideji Ōtaki

Jun Miyazaki

Hyōsuke Kanbe

Hajime Sugiyama

Toshio Sugiyama

Toyoko Takechi

Shuntaro Tamamura

Daisuke Ōmi

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