Flower Cards Chivalry

Synopsis

An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both arrested by detective. A year later gambler is staying with gangster boss when he comes across that woman and her partner again. Boss lusts for both her and his own daughter, while the boss's crazy yakuza brother loves his daughter, who, in turn, watches the player and wants to destroy the people standing in her way. And here lies one of the film's remarkable departures from the standard ninkyo efforts: it doesn't have a third party villain, nor a clear distinction between good and evil. It's bursting with romantic emotion and wrenched with gritty realism, shot with striking black and white compositions, and explodes into shocking carnage. It has lengthier, more detailed gambling scenes than any other yakuza film I've seen. And it has a heartbreakingly beautiful score. You could call it the Ashes of Time of ninkyo yakuza films. A masterpiece!

Main Cast

Tatsuo Umemiya

Ryuichi Kitagawa

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Haruko Wanibuchi

Umeko Ito

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Junzaburō Ban

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Tatsuo Endō

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Kō Nishimura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Tōru Abe

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Chitose Kobayashi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Sadako Sawamura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 36%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Lighting Camera	Shiro Kuwana
	Cinematography	Masahiko Iimura
Sound	Music	Takeo Watanabe
Editing	Editor	Tomio Soda
Directing	Director	Masashige Narusawa
Art	Art Direction	Mikio Mori
Writing	Screenplay	Masashige Narusawa
Department	Role	Name

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