The read
Number 2 of 2 in its series by score. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Kō NakahiraDirector
- Harumi IbeOriginal Music Composer
- Ei OgawaScreenplay
- Ryuzo NakanishiScreenplay
Cast
- Akira KobayashiKoji Himuro (Gambler)
- Manami FujiReiko (Gambler)
- Michino YokoyamaTokiko (Himuro's lover, Madam of Bar 'Toto')
- Kiiton MasudaAnekoji (Reiko's father. Former viscount who loves gambling)
- Asao KoikeInumaru (Gambler)
- Isao TamagawaTakakura (casino owner)
- Masahiko TanimuraHanada (Metropolitan Police detective)
- Yoshiro KatoCast
- Masaya TakahashiMonocle no Yo (Malcolm gang cheater)
- Shelley HelenNina (white woman from Hong Kong)
- Pedro KomiyamaMario (member of the international gambling group Malcolm)
- Gordon JohnsonMalcolm's Associate
