The Sister Gamblers (1967)

Original title

女賭場荒し

Directed by

Tarō Yuge

Genre

drama, crime

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 26m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young woman named Ginsuko blames herself for her father's death. He was a champion dice roller. Before dying, he asked her to become the best dice roller in Japan. The film shows her journey to becoming a female gambler called Rising Dragon Ogin.

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What happens

『女賭場荒し』（おんなとばあらし）は、1967年9月30日に公開された、任侠映画、製作会社は大映東京撮影所。監督は弓削太郎、江波杏子主演 キネマ旬報1967年10月下旬号 p.110 。江波主演の『女賭博師シリーズ』全17作品のうち、第3弾。 OLの銀子は、かつて日本一のツボ振り師と言われていた父親を、自らのせいで死に追いやってしまう。父親は銀子に、日本一のツボ振り師になるよう遺言を残した。その銀子が「昇り龍のお銀」と名乗る女賭博師として生きる決意をするまでを描いた作品である。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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