“An American Pickle” Should Have Stayed in the Jar
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.
Gambling is My Destiny
Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's sister from certain death. Filmed on location on the scenic Manazuru Peninsula, the action is set amidst rugged rocky terrain and raging waves!
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Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's sister from certain death. Filmed on location on the scenic Manazuru Peninsula, the action is set amidst rugged rocky terrain and raging waves!
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Genre:Action, Crime
Written By:Motomu Ida, Gan Yamazaki
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Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Motomu Ida
Director
Akira Kobayashi
Koji Himura (The Wandering Gambler)
Ruriko Itô
Kyoko Kijima (Kijima's daughter)
Tamio Kawachi
Masa (The Drifter)
Sachiko Kozuki
Sakie Rikiishi (Sister of Toshiko Rikiishi; owner of Rest House Nagisa)
Asao Sano
Nisuke (employee at Rest House Nagisa)
Masao Shimizu
Kijima (City Council member)
Isao Tamagawa
Nobuoka (President of Nobuoka Kogyo; owner of Club Seaside)
Keisuke Noro
Nakayama (Senior figure among Nobuoka's henchmen)
Shuntaro Tamamura
Aihara (Nobuoka's henchman)
Iwae Arai
Hayashi (Nobeoka's henchman)
Akira Takahashi
Kashiwagi (Executive of the Tobu Rengokai)
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