A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Yumiko Nogawa, Haruko Katô, Mari Shiraki
Written by:
Morimasa Owaku
Directed by:
Shinji Murayama
Release Date:
September 7, 1971
Original Title:
尼寺博徒
Alternate Titles:
Amadera bakutô
Production Companies:
Toei Company
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 86
A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to gambling and challenges the racketeer threatening to sell the place to a game.
Yumiko Nogawa's character is a dealer in her father's gambling den. After a cheater tries to frame them as a crooked gambling house, a knife fight ensues in which her father kills three men. He is sent to prison and she enters a Buddhist convent to atone for his sins. Her boyfriend has a falling out with the yakuza, and dirty dealings put the convent in financial distress. From his hospital bed, her father shares a vision with her that arms her in a gambling showdown after circumstances release her from her vows.Contains some relatively mild Pinky film elements, but the content is more generally in the vein of traveling gambler series of the era. A very solid, enjoyable drama.
| Internet Movie Database | 6.6/10 |
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Art Direction:
Shinichi Kono
Assistant Director:
Atsushi Mihori
Director:
Shinji Murayama
Director of Photography:
Yoshio Nakajima
Editor:
Osamu Tanaka
Lighting Technician:
Kenzo Ginya
Original Music Composer:
Toshiaki Tsushima
Screenplay:
Morimasa Owaku
Sound Recordist:
Yozo Uchida
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