Traveling Alone with a Guitar

1964 1h 27m JA

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Synopsis

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In the third movie of the Gambler series, the Wandering Gambler is defeated by a cheat that he cannot expose and his dice hand is crushed. Now the gamblers pursue each other into Nagano in winter, with a detective hot on their trail.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Akira Kobayashi
Chieko Matsubara
Toshie Takada
Sachiko Kozuki
Yuji Odaka
Shinsuke Ashida
Nobuo Kaneko
Kōjirō Kusanagi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tokujirō Yamazaki
Writers: Gan Yamazaki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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62 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Himuro the Gambler Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Seitaro Omori. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Akira Kobayashi and Chieko Matsubara and Toshie Takada carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6402776 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Tokujirō Yamazaki directs. Seitaro Omori scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
262 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Himuro the Gambler Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Seitaro Omori. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Akira Kobayashi and Chieko Matsubara and Toshie Takada carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt6402776 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.