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


My s/o suggested it might be "hanafuda". You should Google and see if it
sounds like what you saw.