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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:17 pm
by Ozball
Barticle wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:40 am
The guy puts down a 7p and all three girls try to take it but he declares a win on it.
Wait, so when he puts down the 7p is he declaring tsumo then? All 4 players were waiting on the same tile?
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:21 am
by Barticle
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:06 pm
by Barticle
The "Great Red Dragon" left his mark carved on a tree in season 3 of
Hannibal. (2015)
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The mahjong connection is identified in the following episode.
The first book and fourth movie featuring Hannibal Lecter are also called 'Red Dragon', although the name comes not from mahjong but instead a series of 19th-century paintings by William Blake (which also feature prominently in the TV show).
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 12:35 am
by Barticle
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:37 pm
by Barticle
Barticle wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:06 pm
The first book and fourth movie featuring Hannibal Lecter are also called 'Red Dragon'
That 2002 movie also has the tree carving and mahjong reference.
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 9:25 pm
by Barticle
Why, Why, Tell Me Why! (1986) is a Hong Kong rom-com.
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It has some very audacious cheating (when the other players are distracted).
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It also has a guy playing four matches at once like a chess grandmaster. (A wheeled chair is an advantage.)
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:13 pm
by Barticle
Tohai (2013) is a live-action series based on a manga about a high-school student drawn into an underworld of gambling.
It's available to stream on Rakuten Viki, although it's not accessible from my country.
They have user-generated translated subtitles including some by Kime (formerly of this parish).
https://www.viki.com/tv/25711c-tohai-i
https://www.viki.com/tv/25712c-tohai-ii
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:05 pm
by or2az
Well, this wasn't a movie but it was live on television.
LAW & ORDER SVU, about a week ago.
When I noticed the episode had to do with Chinatown in New York, I was hoping.....and sure enough......
https://youtu.be/BGs4pZ_lz5g
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:51 pm
by Barticle
Good work, Steve! TV shows are welcome.
That's a nice lot of autodealer tables. I've never watched L&O but evidently it is shot in New York. Curious now whether that's a real parlour or if they borrowed from the auto-table dealer in NYC's Chinatown! The rest of the set dressing is relatively basic, but could be a genuine venue?
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:48 pm
by Barticle
This is from season 8 of the
Hawaii Five-0 reboot.
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("Sure you can borrow my mahjong table for your shootout crime-scene but don't get any blood on it.")
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:10 pm
by or2az
Do you happen to know which episode this was in?
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:29 pm
by Barticle
It's the third ep in series 8, entitled "Kau pahi, ko'u kua. Kau pu, ko'u po'o"!
I think you only see the table briefly a couple of times in early scenes.
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:39 am
by or2az
Thanks.
Did you happen to notice this in the news last week?
(Probably didn't get reported in England)
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:58 am
by Barticle
Didn't see it. I only really check the local and BBC headlines.
I just spotted this black MJ set in season 6 of Mike Judge's
Silicon Valley. (2019)
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(Also there is a character named Hanneman! Double N though.)
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:10 pm
by Barticle
Season 5 of
Fresh off the Boat (2019) has an episode entitled
Grand Mahjong.
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That's "grandma-jong", geddit?
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Rage quit!
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