Re: non-poker related game question

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:46:03 GMT, "Steve Kishner"
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>"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
>

Thanks for the link -- these are what the cards looks like, and the
game seems similar.

John