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.
Koji Tsuruta
Aiba Yusaku
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Yano
Fumio Watanabe
Head of Kikuna Clan
Tetsuro Tamba
Chief Inspector
Rinichi Yamamoto
Hiroshi Kondō
Jojiro
Hideo Murota
Kawashima
Kenji Imai
Kizaki
Akiko Kudō
Yamano Midori
Nenji Kobayashi
Yamano Saburo
The Gambler's Counterattack is a drama, crime film released in 1971 exploring themes of yakuza. Directed by Junya Satō, it stars Koji Tsuruta, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe. 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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