Drama · Japan · 1971 · 1h 47m

Fate Deals the Card of Death

博奕打ち　いのち札

Director

Kōsaku Yamashita

Cast

Koji Tsuruta as Tomisaburō Wakayama as Michiyo Yasuda as Michitarō Mizushima as Tsunehiko Watase as Tatsuo Endō as

Crew

Toshiaki Tsushima — Original Music Composer Kazuo Kasahara — Screenplay

Synopsis

Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after, and they promise each other to meet again a year later. However, Seijiro gets jailed for five years. Unable to find him, Shizue gets married to a yakuza boss who can help her family business.

Mood & Themes

yakuza 任侠

Key Collaborators

Kōsaku Yamashita Director Toshiaki Tsushima Original Music Composer Kazuo Kasahara Screenplay

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