A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series Gambler / Bakuto directed by Shigehiro Ozawa.
Koji Tsuruta
Tachibana Isaburo
Minoru Ōki
Kumagaya
Yōko Minamida
Kimura Uta
Hizuru Takachiho
Setoguchi Uta
Kōtarō Satomi
Kitahara
Shingo Yamashiro
Bunkichi
Yuriko Mishima
Chie Shimosato
Rinichi Yamamoto
Hayashida
Tatsuo Endō
Takikawa
Bin Amatsu
Hagiwara
Prison Gambler is a crime, drama film released in 1964. Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa, it stars Koji Tsuruta, Minoru Ōki, Yōko Minamida. A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series Gambler / Bakuto directed by Shigehiro Ozawa.
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