Fate Deals the Card of Death

1971 1h 47m JA

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8.5

MASTERPIECE

★8.5TMDB · 2

Drama

Synopsis

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Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after, and they promise each other to meet again a year later. However, Seijiro gets jailed for five years. Unable to find him, Shizue gets married to a yakuza boss who can help her family business.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Koji Tsuruta
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Michiyo Yasuda
Michitarō Mizushima
Tsunehiko Watase
Tatsuo Endō
Shōtarō Hayashi
Takashi Noguchi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kōsaku Yamashita
Writers: Kazuo Kasahara
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 7

CINEMA

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

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 7

CAST

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Koji Tsuruta and Tomisaburō Wakayama and Michiyo Yasuda carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0312414 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kōsaku Yamashita directs. Toshiaki Tsushima scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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155 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Gamblers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Toshiaki Tsushima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Koji Tsuruta and Tomisaburō Wakayama and Michiyo Yasuda carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0312414 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.