The Gambler's Counterattack

The Gambler's Counterattack

98 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 1, 1971

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.

The Gambler's Counterattack

98 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 1, 1971

The Gambler's Counterattack
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.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 博徒斬り込み隊
Directors Jun'ya Satô
Writers Yoshihiro Ishimatsu, Jun'ya Satô

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

as Aiba Yusaku

Fumio Watanabe

as Head of Kikuna Clan

Tetsurō Tamba

as Chief Inspector

Hiroshi Kondô

as Jojiro

Hideo Murota

as Kawashima

Kenji Imai

as Kizaki

Akiko Kudō

as Yamano Midori

Nenji Kobayashi

as Yamano Saburo

Seizaburō Kawazu

as Nikaido

Akikane Sawa

as Awano

Keijirô Morozumi

as Hashiba

Gen Shimizu

as Terasaki

Tsunehiko Watase

as Takeji

Nobuo Yana

as Kikuchi

Asao Koike

as Suzaki

Ichirō Sugai

as Fujioka