A Wad of Notes

Nan
1h 34m
1970
7.2 /10 (5)

Overview

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.

Country : Japan
Genre : Action
Languages : 日本語
Released Date: 1970-09-09

Top Billed Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Ryuji Kashigawa

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Akiko Kudō

Sen

Kyōsuke Machida

Shinjiro

Bin Amatsu

Asao Uchida

Mojitoku

Eizō Kitamura

Rinichi Yamamoto

Toramatsu

Asao Koike

Kinpachi

Minoru Ōki

Sanjiro

Takuzō Kawatani

Yakuza

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