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大賭秀 (1990)

大賭秀 poster
Genre
drama film
Country
Taiwan

How it feels

A Taiwanese man named Pai has been around mahjong since birth. He ends up in a one-on-one mahjong match against his rival Tiger Pine, but the final battle uses dice. The film also gives a simple lesson on the history of dice and probability.

lightheartedplayfulinformalcompetitivequirkynostalgiceducationalunderstated

What happens

《大賭秀》(英語:Big Gamble)是部1990年上映的臺灣電影。電影裡主要劇情圍繞在與賭博術相關的場景上,出場的賭博道具有骰子、麻將、天九、新臺幣千元鈔票,其中又以十六張麻將佔劇情居多。劇中白皮自出生以來就與麻將相依,一直到對上虎頭松單挑麻將,但最終仍是以骰子決勝負。同時劇中也簡單介紹骰子的歷史,以及對於或然率教學之用處做解說。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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