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The Lucky General

19621h 27mMovieComedy

The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulged in gambling with his henchmen all day, he was running his business and hitting him with a taxi turned out to be a trifle for him. A…

DirectorKō Nakahira
WriterKaneto Shindō
ProducerKano Otsuka

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Cast · Directed by Kō Nakahira

HNHiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
YTYukiko Todoroki
Yukiko Todoroki
YZYoshitaka Zushi
Yoshitaka Zushi
JHJun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
SNSanae Nakahara
Sanae Nakahara
TKTakeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
HŌHideji Ōtaki
Hideji Ōtaki
JM
Jun Miyazaki
HKHyōsuke Kanbe
Hyōsuke Kanbe
HS
Hajime Sugiyama
TSToshio Sugiyama
Toshio Sugiyama
TT
Toyoko Takechi

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The Lucky General hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 14, 1962. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.