REMASTERED VERSIONYear: 1967Running Time: 92 mins. approx.CAST:Tatsuo UmemiyaHaruko WanibuchiJunzaburo BanTatsuo EndoKo NishimuraToru AbeChitose KobayashiSadako SawamuraDirected by:Masashige NarusawaEarly Showa Tokyo. Handsome hanafuda gambler Kitagawa Ryuichi lives under the roof of the Kasugai family. Women flock to him—including the boss’s adopted daughter—but his heart belongs to Umeko, who drifts through the gambling dens with a master cheat.Lust, jealousy, and a high-stakes card game tear the household apart. One night of love, a promise of marriage after prison, and five years later Ryuichi walks free to find the woman he waited for already claimed by another life.With nothing left to protect and old enemies closing in, a lone gambler’s last stand begins.Tatsuo Umemiya stars in this striking 1967 Toei ninkyo drama—rich in hanafuda ritual, doomed romance, and sudden violence—from writer-director Masashige Narusawa. A film Umemiya himself called one of his finest.VIDEO: Black and White / AVC h.264 / 1080p / 16:9 Enhanced / 2.35:1 / WidescreenAUDIO:Japanese: AC-3 2.0 MonoSUBTITLES: Removable English Subtitles
