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mahjong game players

2 movies and shows

Mahjong Demon 4: Mahjong Proxy War

Mahjong Demon 4: Mahjong Proxy War

Fri, 21 Oct 1994

Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Shoichi Sakurai meets a man who goes to a mahjong parlor from 9am to 5pm and realizes that there is something missing in his mahjong. Next, a soba restaurant owner from Karuizawa who lost his land because of mahjong appears before Sakurai. Sakurai teaches him mahjong when he asks for his help, but...

Mah-Jongg: The Tiles that Bind

Mah-Jongg: The Tiles that Bind

Wed, 03 Jun 1998

A light-hearted yet deeply moving portrait of the Asian- and Jewish-American women who play this centuries-old Chinese game, shedding light on the common and uncommon experiences of the players that simultaneously define and transcend cultural boundaries. Along the way, it proves again and again to be a bridge connecting seemingly unlike individuals, spanning generations, continents and cultures, and transcending classification as merely a game.