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The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate
Place your bets! Japan's greatest gambler, Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi), faces off against an international cabal of gamblers with only his wits and his incredibly skilled left hand against every conceivable way to cheat someone in a game.
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Place your bets! Japan's greatest gambler, Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi), faces off against an international cabal of gamblers with only his wits and his incredibly skilled left hand against every conceivable way to cheat someone in a game.
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Genre:Crime
Written By:Ryuzo Nakanishi, Ei Ogawa
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Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Kō Nakahira
Director
Akira Kobayashi
Koji Himuro (Gambler)
Manami Fuji
Reiko (Gambler)
Michino Yokoyama
Tokiko (Himuro's lover, Madam of Bar 'Toto')
Kiiton Masuda
Anekoji (Reiko's father. Former viscount who loves gambling)
Asao Koike
Inumaru (Gambler)
Isao Tamagawa
Takakura (casino owner)
Masahiko Tanimura
Hanada (Metropolitan Police detective)
Yoshiro Kato
Masaya Takahashi
Monocle no Yo (Malcolm gang cheater)
Shelley Helen
Nina (white woman from Hong Kong)
Pedro Komiyama
Mario (member of the international gambling group Malcolm)
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