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Three Yakuza

ActionDrama

Duration

2h

Release

22 May 1965

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Overview

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to avenge his Boss. He must make a life or death decision as he is asked to protect a gang from attack. Part 2: A pair of gamblers chased out of a crooked game must fight not only their pursuers, but the ghosts of their pasts as well. Part 3: A wanderer who wants to live according to the Yakuza Code, but is not sure that he can do so when asked to save a town from an evil official.

Plot

This anthology tells three separate stories, all about yakuza (Japan's gangsters) in the feudal period. In the first, Sentaro, a roaming yakuza, seeks sanctuary with a gang which then asks his help in a fight against its rivals. H...

Cast

Kinnosuke NakamuraTatsuya NakadaiHiroki Matsukata

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10

Details

Director

Tadashi Sawashima

Writers

Kazuo KasaharaSadao NakajimaTatsuo Nogami
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