Three Yakuza (1965)
A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to avenge his Boss. He must make a life or death decision as he is asked to protect a gang from attack. Part 2: A pair of gamblers chased out of a crooked game must fight not only their pursuers, but the ghosts of their pasts as well. Part 3: A wanderer who wants to live according to the Yakuza Code, but is not sure that he can do so when asked to save a town from an evil official.
Director:
Tadashi Sawashima
Writers:
Tatsuo Nogami, Kazuo Kasahara, Sadao Nakajima.
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as |
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Takashi Shimura as |
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Hiroki Matsukata as |
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Hiroko Sakuramachi as |
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Wakaba Irie as |
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Sumiko Fuji as |
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Kunie Tanaka as |
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Tatsuo Endō as |
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Akira Shioji as |
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Tokinosuke Nakamura as |
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Sen Yano as |
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Kenji Egi as |
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Shinjirō Ehara as |
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Takeshi Katō as |
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Yutaka Sera as |
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Asao Uchida as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Yasushi Ōshiro as |
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Shinzō Hotta as |
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Masuo Kamiki as |
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Kayoko Tominaga as |
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Ryūko Azuma as |
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Sakae Nishizaki as |
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Hiroshi Mizuno as |
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Chieko Naniwa as |
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Mineko Maruhira as |
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Kinji Nakamura as |
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu as |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as |
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Gorō Naniwa as |
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Shunsuke Haruga as |
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Shunji Daito as |
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Tokumaro Dan as |
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Hanzō Kataoka as |
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Heitaro Gori as |
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Masaharu Arikawa as |
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Kuniomi Kitani as |
| Writing | Tatsuo Nogami | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kazuo Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sadao Nakajima | Screenplay |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Kōji Inoue | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Kenjirō Tōjō | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Katsumi Kawai | Editor |
| Directing | Tadashi Sawashima | Director |
| Art | Norimichi Igawa | Art Direction |
| Camera | Osamu Furuya | Director of Photography |