A 90-minute dice roll into Japan's criminal underbelly where everyone's bluffing.
Acting
Hidekazu Akai's weathered desperation feels lived-in, not performed.
Cinematography
Smoke-choked parlors shot like neon-lit coffins.
Director
Mitsuyuki Yakushiji
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Mitsuyuki Yakushiji never made another feature; this remains his singular grimy masterpiece.
The film captures 1994 Japan's bakuto gambling dens just before they vanished into pachinko parlors and memory.
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