Re: non-poker related game question

"John Harkness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I'm watching this Japanese film, Pale Flower from 1964, and there's a
> lot of scenes set in an illegal gambling den, and they're playing one
> of those strange Asian card/domino games where they toss out a domino,
> and people lay down four card hands -- and the cards aren't
> conventional western cards -- to see who matches something.
>
> Anybody know what game this is, and how it's played?
>
> John Harkness

Don't know, John.  I never saw that movie.  There is a japanese deck of cards
used to play hanfuda (see: http://mahjonginmame.nm.ru/hanafuda.htm).  Also, a
Korean variant, using the same deck called Go-Stop (available for online play
at yahoo games http://games.yahoo.com/gs ).  Maybe one of these?  The
hanafuda cards are typically plastic, about 1" x 2" x 1/32" thick.

Steve