Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge (1963)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1963-06-30
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Toei Company
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Masahiro Makino

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Summary

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.

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  • Chiezo Kataoka

    as Genji The Fighting Top
  • Sonny Chiba

    as Sataro
  • Takashi Shimura

    as Tobei
  • Sumiko Fuji

    as Ochiyo
  • Yachiyo Ōtori

    as Oshino
  • Kensaku Hara

    as Matsugoro of Kuroiwa
  • Michitarō Mizushima

    as Koto Juheita
  • Jotaro Togami

    as Sagara Denjuro
  • Hiroshi Kato

    as The Dragon of the Bush-Dead
  • Shunji Sakai

    as Mameroku
  • Haruo Tanaka

    as Daihachi
  • Shigeru Yasunaka

    as Kenta
  • Tsukie Matsuura

    as Osugi
  • Kentaro Ozato

    as Tomekichi
  • Shunya Wazaki

    as Byoshi
  • Takeshi Kumagaya

    as Gosaku
  • Kazutarō Kuni

    as Kosuke
  • Yūzaburō Sakaguchi

    as Kamekichi
  • Kinnosuke Fujiki

    as Masakichi of the Hannya
  • Mitsuru Kawaji

    as Seven with the Viper Crest
Writing Kinya Naoi Screenplay
Writing Daisuke Yamazaki Screenplay
Directing Masahiro Makino Director
Sound Taichiro Kosugi Music
Camera Shigeto Miki Director of Photography