
Gambler's Dilemma
Overview
The love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of her father's yakuza clan, after his death.
Top Cast


Chieko Matsubara
Chieko Matsubara
Sugisaki Shimitsu
Chieko Matsubara
Sugisaki Shimitsu


Tatsuya Fuji
Tatsuya Fuji
Kakizawa Takatsugu
Tatsuya Fuji
Kakizawa Takatsugu


Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji
Komiyama Maki
Meiko Kaji
Komiyama Maki


Hideki Takahashi
Hideki Takahashi
Kikumoto Rouhachi
Hideki Takahashi
Kikumoto Rouhachi
Chikako Hosokawa
Chikako Hosokawa
Mukita Michiyo
Chikako Hosokawa
Mukita Michiyo


Tomoko Naraoka
Tomoko Naraoka
Kei
Tomoko Naraoka
Kei


Asao Sano
Asao Sano
Kawada Shigekichi
Asao Sano
Kawada Shigekichi


Kenjiro Uemura
Kenjiro Uemura
Murai Tsunematsu
Kenjiro Uemura
Murai Tsunematsu


Hyōe Enoki
Hyōe Enoki
Gunji
Hyōe Enoki
Gunji


Shirō Yanase
Shirō Yanase
Masaraku
Shirō Yanase
Masaraku
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