The Gambling Samurai

The Gambling Samurai

101 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | March 28, 1960

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.

The Gambling Samurai

101 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | March 28, 1960

The Gambling Samurai
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 国定忠治
Directors Teruo Maru, Senkichi Taniguchi
Writers Kaneto Shindō

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Kunisada Chuji

Michiyo Aratama

as Niko Enzo / Toku

Tetsurō Tamba

as Fumizo Mitsuki

Eijirō Tōno

as Kansuke

Daisuke Katō

as Enzo Niko

Yū Fujiki

as Gentetsu Shimizu

Susumu Fujita

as Magistrate Jubei Matsui

Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII

as Kantaro at age 6

Kumi Mizuno

as Kiku

Yoshio Kosugi

as Tokisaburo

Senkichi Ômura

as Yoshi

Minosuke Yamada

as Uemon

Takuzō Kumagai

as Seiichiro Nakajima

Hideyo Amamoto

as Tomimatsu

Mutoshi Happa

as Matahachi

Jun'ichirō Mukai

as Seishichiro

Gorô Sakurai

as Sadashiro

Kōji Iwamoto

as Mintaro

Akira Yamada

as Gorozo

Ren Yamamoto

as Isuke

Sachio Sakai

as Tamazo

Masao Oda

as Niuemon

Yutaka Sada

as Farmer

Yusuke Minami

as Tokimatsu Yamamura

Yōsuke Natsuki

as Sentaro Itabashi

Kō Mishima

as Yosaku