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Eiji Okuda | As: | |
Hakuryu | As: | |
Ren Osugi | As: | |
Toshiyuki Kitami | As: | |
Maiko Kawakami | As: |
Storyline
More than his indie debut Skinless Night, this was the film that launched Mochizuki on his distinctive trajectory through the crime and yakuza genres. Matsuzaki (Eiji Okuda) is a racing tipster for a sports paper, a lowlife who spends half his time drunk, hangs out with yakuza and other riff-raff and complicates his sex life by succumbing to advances from his girlfriend's sister. As played by Okuda, he's also a figure of considerable hangdog charm. Less a plot-based movie than a guide to the several forms of high stakes gambling in Japan, this centres on his attempt to help a friend swindled in a bent mahjong game. Hakuryu appears (memorably) as an inscrutable yakuza in a black leather jacket. The film's success led to two sequels.
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Cast
Directed By
Rokurō Mochizuki |
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Writing Credits
Rokurō Mochizuki |
Screenplay |
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Yoichi Maekawa |
Screenplay |
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Toshio Shiozaki |
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Masao Satô |
Producer |
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Costume and Makeup
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Visual Effects
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Hideyuki Kawai |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Hirohide Shibata |
Production Design |
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