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A Lonely Gamble
Overview
In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his proprietress is forced to turn to a successful businessman, owner of entertainment establishments and bars. But she has nothing to guarantee the return of the debt, and then she offers herself as collateral. A drama about the contradictory nature of human feelings.
Director and cast
- Yoshiko Sakuma as Momoko Inui
- Shigeru Amachi as Teijiro Chigusa
- Chitose Kobayashi as Kyoko Nakagawa
- Reiko Ōhara as Mika Inui
- Michiyo Kogure as Tazuko Ogaki
- Asao Uchida as Junzo Higashino
- Kichijirō Ueda as Shinpei Akamatsu
- Kaneko Iwasaki as Nobuko Mori
- Tatsuo Umemiya as Toshihiko Takagi
- Junko Miyazono as Takako Higashino
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