Hanafuda movies

[Eija Niskanen]

If a theatrical anime feature is OK, in Summer Wars (dir. Mamoru
Hosoda) hanafuda plays a central role in the plot.

Eija

2010/12/28 faith <faithbach at yahoo.co.jp>:
> HIGHLY RECOMMENDED is Hibotan Bakuto #6: Tekkaba Retsuden (1969 Yamashita
> Kosaku) which features two nice long interesting hanafuda scenes with
> visible cards -- in one, Fuji Junko as the Red Peony is literally playing
> for her life!  (Tsuruta Koji lets her win!, and we can see his card-palming
> clearly.)  It's a great film, more orthodox than Pale Flower, very
> ritualized yakuza genre.  At present the Red Peony series is coming out on
> Japanese DVD, altho' I'm not sure how far they've gone on it.  You should be
> able to find them on Amazon Japan.  (VTRs are still easy to get on Yahoo
> Auction.) There is an English-subbed DVD version available thru Ebay
> with non-native but comprehensible titles.  For more info on latter, contact
> me offlist.  FB
>



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Eija Niskanen
Baltic Sea - Japan Film Project
Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6
Musashino-shi
Tokyo 180-0004