The Gambler's Counterattack (1971)
Overview
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 5.517 |
Directed By
Junya Satō
Crew
Masahiko Iimura
Junya Satō
Junya Satō
Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Masanobu Higurashi
Yozo Uchida
Shuichiro Nakamura
Shigeru Umetani
Osamu Tanaka
TOP CAST
Koji Tsuruta
Aiba Yusaku
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Yano
Fumio Watanabe
Head of Kikuna Clan
Tetsuro Tamba
Chief Inspector
Hiroshi Kondō
Jojiro
Hideo Murota
Kawashima
Kenji Imai
Kizaki
Akiko Kudō
Yamano Midori
Nenji Kobayashi
Yamano Saburo
Seizaburō Kawazu
Nikaido
Akikane Sawa
Awano
Keijirō Morozumi
Hashiba
Gen Shimizu
Terasaki
Tsunehiko Watase
Takeji
Nobuo Yana
Kikuchi
Asao Koike
Suzaki
Ichirō Sugai
Fujioka
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