A Wad of Notes (1970)
A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza’s ill deeds.
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Koji TsurutaRyuji Kashigawa
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Akiko KudōSen
Kyōsuke MachidaShinjiro
Bin Amatsu
Asao UchidaMojitoku
Eizō Kitamura
Rinichi YamamotoToramatsu
Asao KoikeKinpachi
Minoru ŌkiSanjiro
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