Woman Gambler (1965) [N/A]
Featuring:
Yumiko Nogawa, Hideaki Nitani, Tatsuya Fuji
Written by:
Kenzô Asada
Kazuo Nishida
Directed by:
Hiroshi Noguchi
Release Date:
October 22, 1965
Original Title:
賭場の牝猫 素肌の壷振り
Alternate Titles:
Cat Girl Gambler 2, Debt Paid with Flesh
Cat Girls Gamblers: Naked Flesh Paid Into the Pot
Toba no mesu neko: Suhada no tsubo furi
Toba no mesuneko: Suhada no tsubofuri
Woman gambler
とばのめすねこ すはだのつぼふり
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 87
Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza.
This film takes up where its predecessor left off with "Yukiko Eguchi" (Yumiko Nogawa) having abandoned the gambling profession and now working as a masseuse. To her surprise, she suddenly sees a man bearing a striking resemblance to her former lover running to escape from two gangsters who are chasing him. Only minutes after hiding him the two men enter and after looking around very quickly depart from the massage room. It's then that she learns that this man goes by the name of "Seiji Asano" (Hideaki Nitani) and that he has only recently been released from prison for killing a man who belonged to a rival Yakuza gang. He then goes on to tell her that because of the death of his leader his former Yakuza clan has been essentially dismantled and their territory taken over by another Yakuza gang-and he wants to return this territory to his former leader's widow. What he doesn't realize is just how dangerous this mission will turn out to be. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that, although it was a solid film for the most part, it didn't seem to have the same cutting edge as its predecessor due in large part to several similarities with the previous movie. That being said, however, it still managed to pass the time fairly well and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Average.
