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Fate Deals the Card of Death
Fate Deals the Card of Death

Fate Deals the Card of Death

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

13 February 1971

Country

Japan

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Michiyo Yasuda

Michiyo Yasuda

Michitarō Mizushima

Michitarō Mizushima

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Shōtarō Hayashi

Shōtarō Hayashi

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Akira Hirasawa

Akira Hirasawa

Misa Toki

Misa Toki

Terue Masashi

Terue Masashi

Yuuki Kawamura

Yuuki Kawamura

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Bin Amatsu

Bin Amatsu

Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

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