The Gambler's Counterattack

The Gambler's Counterattack (1971) is a drama, crime film directed by Junya Satō rated 8.5/10.

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Aiba Yusaku

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Yano

Fumio Watanabe

Head of Kikuna Clan

Tetsuro Tamba

Chief Inspector

Rinichi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Kondō

Jojiro

Hideo Murota

Kawashima

Kenji Imai

Kizaki

Akiko Kudō

Yamano Midori

Nenji Kobayashi

Yamano Saburo

Seizaburō Kawazu

Nikaido

Akikane Sawa

Awano