The Gambler's Code

The Gambler's Code 1961

6.5 4

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of a yakuza he had been forced by the code of the gamblers to fight man to man. In a brilliant performance from super-star Ichikawa Raizo, with strong support from two of the greats from Toho, Shimura Takashi (7 Samurai) and Aratama Michiyo (Sword of Doom) the heartfelt story reaches new heights. Tokijiro, having learned the true nature of the boss to whom he was obligated for having spent a night and eaten at the gang's headquarters takes up arms against them in a running battle fought across the back roads of the entire nation. Another powerful rendition of this superb story, it is not to be missed!

  • Released: 1961-06-14
  • Runtime: 87 minutes
  • Genre: History, Drama
  • Stars: Raizō Ichikawa, Yoshio Inaba, Shinobu Araki, Jun Fujikawa, Tokio Oki, Michiyo Aratama, Fujio Suga, Shigeru Aoki, Fujio Murakami, Hajime Koshikawa, Kōichi Aihara, Takashi Shimura, Ryûzô Shimada, Mitsugu Terashima, Hisako Takihana, Esuko Kamiwaki, Haruko Sugimura, Gen Shimizu, Toshio Chiba, Ichirō Takakura  Show all >
    Sumao Ishihara, Gen Kimura, Kyōko Higashiyama
  • Director: Kazuo Ikehiro