Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble

1996 1h 20m JA

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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Having lost everything to horse racing, Yûji accidentally gets 10 million yen. But this sum belongs to a Yakuza.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Show Aikawa
Yuji
Koyo Maeda
Kosaku
Yuuko Nitou
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Ren Osugi
Suzuki
Yoriko Doguchi
Yumiko
Shirō Shimomoto
SABU

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writers: Akihiko Shiota, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself 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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Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nobuko Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Show Aikawa and Koyo Maeda and Yuuko Nitou carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14565150 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kiyoshi Kurosawa directs. Tokushō Kikumura behind the camera. Nobuko Tomita cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
230 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Nobuko Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Show Aikawa and Koyo Maeda and Yuuko Nitou carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt14565150 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "gambling", "yakuza", "mahjong", "horse racing".