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Flower Cards Chivalry

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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!

Date: 03/10/1967
Rating: 10.0
Cast: Tatsuo Umemiya, Haruko Wanibuchi, Junzaburō Ban, Tatsuo Endō, Kō Nishimura, Tōru Abe, Chitose Kobayashi, Sadako Sawamura, Keiichi Kitagawa, Shin Roppongi, Hirohiko Sato, Tomotaka Ueda, Ryō Suga, Kumeko Urabe

Tatsuo Umemiya as Ryuichi Kitagawa in Flower Cards Chivalry Tatsuo Umemiya

Haruko Wanibuchi as Umeko Ito in Flower Cards Chivalry Haruko Wanibuchi

Junzaburō Ban as  in Flower Cards Chivalry Junzaburō Ban

Tatsuo Endō as  in Flower Cards Chivalry Tatsuo Endō

Kō Nishimura as  in Flower Cards Chivalry Kō Nishimura

Tōru Abe as  in Flower Cards Chivalry Tōru Abe

Chitose Kobayashi as  in Flower Cards Chivalry Chitose Kobayashi

Sadako Sawamura as  in Flower Cards Chivalry Sadako Sawamura

Keiichi Kitagawa

Shin Roppongi

Hirohiko Sato

Tomotaka Ueda

Ryō Suga

Kumeko Urabe as  in Flower Cards Chivalry Kumeko Urabe

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