About Love, Tokyo

About Love, Tokyo

1992 · 110 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi · Written by Mitsuo Yanagimachi

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