
The Man from Shimizu · 1982
The Man from Shimizu (1982) is a Drama / Comedy film directed by Yoichi Maeda, starring Masatoshi Nakamura, Koichi Sato, Daijirō Harada.

The Man from Shimizu (1982) is a Drama / Comedy film directed by Yoichi Maeda, starring Masatoshi Nakamura, Koichi Sato, Daijirō Harada.
On the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamble again. But, that night, Jirocho heads to a gambling den, where he bets the condolence money for his mother's funeral. No surprise to learn he loses the lot. Not the hard-boiled yakuza story it seems, this is a comedy featuring many new artists who were making a name for themselves at the time.
Masatoshi Nakamura, Koichi Sato, Daijirō Harada, Yoshiko Tanaka, Naoko Ohtani, Norihei Miki, Shinsuke Shimada, Mitsuru Hirata
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Find a movie by describing itOn the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamble again. But, that night, Jirocho heads to a gambling den, where he bets the condolence money for his mother's funeral. No surprise to learn he loses the lot. Not the hard-boiled yakuza story it seems, this is a comedy featuring many new artists who were making a name for themselves at the time.
The Man from Shimizu was released in 1982.
The cast includes Masatoshi Nakamura, Koichi Sato, Daijirō Harada, Yoshiko Tanaka.