The Gambling Samurai
1960Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
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Toshirō Mifune
as Kunisada Chuji
Michiyo Aratama
as Niko Enzo
Tetsuro Tamba
as Fumizo Mitsuki
Eijirō Tōno
as Kansuke
Daisuke Katō
as Enzo Niko
Michiyo Aratama
as Toku
Yū Fujiki
as Gentetsu Shimizu
Susumu Fujita
as Magistrate Jubei Matsui
Nakamura Kanzaburo
as Kantaro at age 6
Kumi Mizuno
as Kiku
Yoshio Kosugi
as Tokisaburo
Senkichi Ōmura
as Yoshi
Minosuke Yamada
as Uemon
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Takuzō Kumagai
as Seiichiro Nakajima
Hideyo Amamoto
as Tomimatsu
Mutoshi Happa
as Matahachi
Jun'ichirō Mukai
as Seishichiro
Haruya Katō
Gorô Sakurai
as Sadashiro
Kōji Iwamoto
as Mintaro
Akira Yamada
as Gorozo
Ren Yamamoto
as Isuke
Sachio Sakai
as Tamazo
Masao Oda
as Niuemon
Yutaka Sada
as Farmer
Yusuke Minami
as Tokimatsu Yamamura
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Sentaro Itabashi
Kō Mishima
as Yosaku