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Pauline Martyn (on a break 🏝️)
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🎴 Yakuza eiga & 1960s Japanese cinema enthusiast - http://gamblersanddrifters.com • 🍶 Sake! • 🚏 さすらい
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I haven't yet introduced this here, so here goes:
I run Gamblers & Drifters, a site exploring yakuza eiga and 1960s/70s Japanese cinema with:
📊 Plot Deep Dives (w/charts!)
💭 Reviews
🔝Top Lists
📣 Introductions To
...and more!
gamblersanddrifters.com

Any reading & sharing is always appreciated 😃
Gamblers & Drifters
Gamblers & Drifters explores yakuza eiga and 1960s/70s Japanese cinema one article at a time.
gamblersanddrifters.com
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Rub Out the Past 1966 日本暗黒街
Directed by Masaharu Segawa
Koji Tsuruta, Eiko Muramatsu, Kō Nishimura

Lone wolf and #yakuza enforcer Takeshi Kageyama, is cajoled into doing a favour for his old boss, securing the lucrative heroin trade out of Kobe #filmsky #moviesky #toei #movie #nw #鶴田浩二 #瀬川昌治
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Kanpai !!! 😉💙
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Akira Kobayashi BOTD

87 years 🎉
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Let’s Not Get Angry 1966 Ne nous fâchons pas
Directed by Georges Lautner

Antoine helps two acquaintances escape the country, who repay him with a debt transfer. All he has to do is collect from Léonard Michalon, but for that, he will have to go into much trouble to keep the man alive #filmsky #nw
October 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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When the Pheasants Pass 1965 Quand passent les faisans Directed by Édouard Molinaro

Arsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, who involves them, against their will, in high-profile swindling with limited success ...
#filmsky #france #movies #nw
October 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Crooks in Clover 1963 Les Tontons flingueurs
Directed by Georges Lautner

An aging gangster is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican ... #nw #filmsky #france #cinema @piratescarlett.bsky.social 😊📽️
September 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Stéphane Du Mesnildot (dont je ne peux que vous recommander la lecture de son excellent Soleil Rouge) à propos de Theater of Life :

"Chef d'œuvre du mélodrame yakuza, esthétiquement sublime."

Très fier de cette première sortie mondiale en blu ray.

https://bit.ly/4dMwh6J
September 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Happy Caturday
#caturday #cats #notmeimei
@piratescarlett.bsky.social yes he's here 😺😊
September 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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THEATER OF LIFE 1&2
Edition 2 blu rays avec fourreau et livret

2 visuels au choix !

Énorme succès au box office japonais, Theater of life est l'oeuvre matricielle qui a défini les codes du genre ninkyo. Les deux films sont présentés pour la première fois au monde en blu ray.
September 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thrilled to say that my video essay on Toei Ninkyō Eiga is part of this release! Thank you again @robotofilms.bsky.social for this great opportunity.

Theatre of Life is important in many respects - it launched Ninkyō Eiga… and Tsuruta / Takakura as iconic chivalrous yakuza heroes! Don’t miss it!
THEATER OF LIFE 1&2
Edition 2 blu rays avec fourreau et livret

2 visuels au choix !

Énorme succès au box office japonais, Theater of life est l'oeuvre matricielle qui a défini les codes du genre ninkyo. Les deux films sont présentés pour la première fois au monde en blu ray.
September 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Le Gorille vous salue bien 1958
Directed by Bernard Borderie

Géo Paquet, aka The Gorilla, the elite agent must infiltrate a dangerous gang working for a foreign embassy. #french #cinema #filmsky #moviesky #nw #filmnoir @piratescarlett.bsky.social Lino Ventura 😊
August 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Bread and Soup and Cat Weather 2013 パンとスープとネコ日和 Directed by Kana Matsumoto

Akiko takes over her mother’s small restaurant. At the restaurant there’s only two items on the menu: sandwich and soup. Adapted from the novel by Mure Yoko #filmsky #moviesky #japan #sliceoflife #nw #松本佳奈
May 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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J'ai vu passer des stickers Tôei
(Surement du merch dispo à Eiga mura et autres)

NEED 😭

@piratescarlett.bsky.social 🤭
May 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Meimei also went to the Midnight Diner 😊😽
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May 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Midnight Diner 2014 深夜食堂
Directed by Jōji Matsuoka

When people finish their day and hurry home, his day starts. He's diner is open from midnight to 7 a.m. They call it " Midnight Diner " Does he even have customers? More than you would expect. #filmsky #japanese #cinema #manga #小林薫 #nw
April 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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si le Sake vous intéresse il existe un manga " Natsuko no sake " en 6 tomes qui parle d'une jeune fille qui reprend l'exploitation familiale pour faire le Meilleur Sake au monde . le mangaka Akira Oze pour vous aider 😉
May 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Natsuko no Sake 1994 夏子の酒
Directed by Ohiko Homma, Rieko Miyamoto, Hitoshi Iwamoto
#manga #filmsky #japan #sake
May 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The Genealogy of Sake 2015 一献の系譜
Directed by Kaori Ishii

A document of sake craftspeople known as "Noto Toji" and their skills that have been passed down through generations, set amidst the beautiful landscapes of Noto Peninsula. Free at en.jff.jpf.go.jp #filmsky #sake #documentary #japan #cinema
May 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Hop, l'affiche de la nuit.
Celle pour le 3ème Combat sans code d'honneur de Fukasaku :
仁義なき戦い 代理戦争
(Jingi naki tatakai - Dairi sensô, 1973, Tôei)
April 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Tonight's viewing - "Le jour se lève"
April 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Teacher and Stray Cat 2015 先生と迷い猫
Directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa

Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray #cat called Mii, who was being fed by his wife, continues to visiting Kyoichi #filmsky #moviesky #japan #cinema #nw #深川栄洋
April 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Images from films directed by Yasuharu Hasebe - BOTD in 1932

Black Tight Killers (1966)
Massacre Gun (1967)
Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970)
The Naked Seven (1972)
April 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph 1966 賭場の牝猫 捨身の勝負
Directed by Haruyasu Noguchi
#filmsky #moviesky #japanese #cinema #japan #movies #野口晴康
April 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Mother and a Guest 1961 사랑방 손님과 어머니
Directed by Shin Sang-ok

Six-year-old Ok Hee is glad when Mr. Han comes to board at her house full of women. She plays messenger for Mr. Han and her widowed mother as they quietly fall in love ... #filmsky #moviesky #korea #cinema #nw
April 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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浪花侠客 度胸七人斬り
(Naniwa kyôkaku Dokyô shichinin giri, Ozawa Shigehiro, Tôei, 1967)

Un ninkyô pluvieux !
Et comme d'habitude, Kaneko Nobuo finit par y passer
April 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM