There's a hanafuda scene in Shurayukihime (Lady Snowblood, dir. Fujita Toshiya). It's a relatively short scene, but images from the cards are reproduced in the set. I second the recommendation of Summer Wars, the "koi-koi" battle at the end is great. It should be release on DVD in the US in the near future.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Eija Niskanen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eija.niskanen@gmail.com">eija.niskanen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
If a theatrical anime feature is OK, in Summer Wars (dir. Mamoru<br>
Hosoda) hanafuda plays a central role in the plot.<br>
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Eija<br>
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2010/12/28 faith <<a href="mailto:faithbach@yahoo.co.jp">faithbach@yahoo.co.jp</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> HIGHLY RECOMMENDED is Hibotan Bakuto #6: Tekkaba Retsuden (1969 Yamashita<br>
> Kosaku) which features two nice long interesting hanafuda scenes with<br>
> visible cards -- in one, Fuji Junko as the Red Peony is literally playing<br>
> for her life! (Tsuruta Koji lets her win!, and we can see his card-palming<br>
> clearly.) It's a great film, more orthodox than Pale Flower, very<br>
> ritualized yakuza genre. At present the Red Peony series is coming out on<br>
> Japanese DVD, altho' I'm not sure how far they've gone on it. You should be<br>
> able to find them on Amazon Japan. (VTRs are still easy to get on Yahoo<br>
> Auction.) There is an English-subbed DVD version available thru Ebay<br>
> with non-native but comprehensible titles. For more info on latter, contact<br>
> me offlist. FB<br>
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Eija Niskanen<br>
Baltic Sea - Japan Film Project<br>
Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6<br>
Musashino-shi<br>
Tokyo 180-0004<br>
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