Re: non-poker related game question

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Harkness 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 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

It's a Japanese version of blackjack. Big illeagal gambling game in 
Japan.

TD Lowball --