Gin to Kin
Gin to Kin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It was serialized in Futabasha's Action Pizazz from 1992 to 1996, with its chapters collected in eleven volumes. The series portrays the machinations of men living in the underworld, including speculative stock wars and backroom deals with politicians, deadly struggles for life against vengeful and crazed murderers, and Fukumoto's signature gambling games. After running for 108 chapters, the serialization ended abruptly and discontinued. Gin to Kin has also been adapted into seven direct-to-video movies and a 12-episode television drama.
Characters
Ginji's Group
;Ginji Hirai;Tetsuo Morita
;Iwao Yasuda
;Yūzō Tatsumi
;Masashi Funada
;Ryōhei Kawamatsu
Miscellaneous
;Takeshi Domon;Atsushi Izawa
;Tetsu Umeya
;Kenji Ariga
;Akio Nakajō
;Mitsunari Kawata
;Mio Itō
;Shinya Saijō
;Hitoshi Kuramae
;Hidemine Kamui
;Katsuteru Kamui
;Katsunobu Kamui
;Katsuyuki Kamui
;Katsuhiro Kamui
;Kunio Yoshizumi
;Saori Tanaka
;Yukinori Okabe
;Yōichi Kōno
Media
Direct-to-video films
A total of seven movies with the title Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold starring Kiyoshi Nakajō as Ginji Hirai were released on VHS and later DVD between 1993 and 1997. The films feature Kōsuke Toyohara as Tetsuo Morita in volumes 1–5, and Ken Kaneko as Ryōhei Kawamatsu in volumes 6–7. In the fourth volume, some story developments were changed due to inconsistencies in depictions in the original manga.| Vol. | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original release |
| 1 | "Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold" | Masato Katō | Shun Nakahara | |
| 2 | "Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2" | Itsumichi Isomura | Shun Nakahara | |
| 3 | "Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 3" | Midori Kogane | Katsuji Kanazawa | |
| 4 | "Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 4 - Hellish Underworld Mahjong" | Midori Kogane | Katsuji Kanazawa | |
| 5 | "Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 5 - Hereditary Homicide" | Midori Kogane | Katsuji Kanazawa | |
| 6 | "Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear" | Noboru Sugimura | Hiroyuki Tsuji | |
| 7 | "Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell" | Noboru Sugimura Hiroyuki Tsuji | Hiroyuki Tsuji |