A Woman's Gamble

1966 1h 24m JA

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Synopsis

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Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin, an honest dealer in the criminal underworld of yakuza-run gambling, as she sets out to become Japan's number one dealer.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kyōko Enami
Ogin
Yūsuke Kawazu
Fumio Watanabe
Hiroshi Minami
Bontarō Miake
Osamu Sakai
Kōichi Mizuhara
Rieko Sumi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shigeo Tanaka
Writers: Kinya Naoi, Kōji Aoyama
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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60 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Woman Gambler Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shigeo Tanaka, shot by Setsuo Kobayashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sei Ikeno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tatsuji Nakashizu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kyōko Enami and Yūsuke Kawazu and Fumio Watanabe carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt8137512 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shigeo Tanaka directs. Setsuo Kobayashi behind the camera. Sei Ikeno scores. Tatsuji Nakashizu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
260 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Woman Gambler Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Shigeo Tanaka, shot by Setsuo Kobayashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Sei Ikeno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Tatsuji Nakashizu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kyōko Enami and Yūsuke Kawazu and Fumio Watanabe carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt8137512 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.