After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends start getting caught. Katsuji decides to play a high stakes game of robbing the proceeds of a department store.
Yoshitarō Nomura
Director
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Katsuji 'Watakatsu' Watanabe
Chieko Baisho
Yoshiko Koshiishi
Ichirō Arishima
Detective Morisawa
Etsuko Ikuta
Yuki Yaohashi
Takuya Fujioka
Ginzô Tomita
Kunie Tanaka
March
Gajirō Satō
Noda
Takashi Ebata
Toratarô 'Hagetora' Sakuraoka
Toyo Takahashi
Tatsuko Morisawa
Yōko Mihara
Haruko Tomita
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