The Man from ShimizuMovie
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.
About The Man from Shimizu
The Man from Shimizu is a 1982 drama, comedy movie directed by Yoichi Maeda.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 32m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Masatoshi Nakamura, Koichi Sato, Daijirou Harada, Yoshiko Tanaka. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
