Eleven Gangsters

1963 1h 33m JA

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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Two men head a team who steal a factory payroll valued at 500 million yen. Then a hoodlum gang goes after the team for the money.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Koji Tsuruta
Gondo
Tetsuro Tamba
Tatsuo Umemiya
Naoki Sugiura
Shinjirō Ehara
Ebina
Kyōsuke Machida
Hamuro
Hideo Ko
Hirooka
Ichirō Izawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Teruo Ishii
Writers: Teruo Ishii
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 7

CINEMA

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Part of the "Gyangu 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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Directed by Teruo Ishii, shot by Shoei Nishikawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Koji Tsuruta and Tetsuro Tamba and Tatsuo Umemiya carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0142086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Teruo Ishii directs. Shoei Nishikawa behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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163 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Gyangu Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Teruo Ishii, shot by Shoei Nishikawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Koji Tsuruta and Tetsuro Tamba and Tatsuo Umemiya carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0142086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.