04 Dec 1952
Jirocho Rises in Fame
The rise of the famed gambler.
Eighteen Years in Prison
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.
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安藤昇 Kawada
小池朝雄 Tsukada
若山富三郎 Warden
桜町弘子 Hisako
近藤正臣 Suichi
山城新伍 
水島道太郎 
小松方正 
穂高稔 
菅井きん 
千原しのぶ 
汐路章 
小田部通麿 
有川正治 
唐沢民賢 Tetsuo Ashida Ken Kawabe 任田順好 
堀田眞三 
西田良
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