Showa Gamblers

Name: Showa Gamblers
Director: Shinichiro Nakata
Released: 2003-07-11
Cast: Fumie Nakajima, Kenichi Endo, Kyosuke Yabe, Kentarō Shimizu, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

2003

Director: Shinichiro Nakata

Writer: Shinichiro Nakata

Overview

The first installment of the Showa Gamblers series. In 1964, as Tokyo buzzes with excitement over the upcoming Olympics, Ginzaki of the Kansai Senba Union approaches Hanamura, the leader of the “Asakusa Union Eight,” who controls the gambling dens in the Asakusa area. He proposes a joint operation for a grand gambling event.