In Tokyo, a Chinese exchange student gets involved in rigged pachinko schemes and meets a Chinese girl raised in Japan. When they're caught cheating by a former yakuza now running a pachinko parlor, a tense triangle forms as money, power, and personal ties collide.
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Cast
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Mitsuo Yanagimachi Director · Hajime Mizoguchi Composer Shōhei Andō Cinematographer
United States release May 7, 1993 · Produced in Japan · Original title 愛について、東京
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Japan
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Original title
愛について、東京
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Canada · September 12, 1992
Theatrical
United States · May 7, 1993
France
November 1, 1992 · Nantes Three Continents Festival
Germany
November 1, 1992 · Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
Japan
October 1, 1992 · Tokyo International Film Festival
Sweden
August 18, 1995
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