JAPAN: DECADES-OLD GAME OF PACHINKO SURGES IN POPULARITY.

Record ID: 1000111

  • Title: JAPAN: DECADES-OLD GAME OF PACHINKO SURGES IN POPULARITY.
  • Date: 22nd March 1996
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE+RECENT) RTV/TBS/NHK - PART NO ACCESS JAPAN TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) RTV - ACCESS ALL 1. MCU: CLOSE-UP OF PACHINKO GAME 0.06 2. CU: CLOSE-UP OF BALLS FALLING INTO "TULIP" FOR JACKPOT 0.10 3. SV: AIYUMI NAGAYA USING PACHINKO MACHINE 0.13 4. CU: CLOSE-UP OF NAGAYA'S HAND ON MACHINE 0.15 5. MCU: NAGAYA SAYING, "THIS RELIEVES STRESS. WHEN I HIT THE JACKPOT, IT'S VERY EXCITING. THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME WANT TO PLAY. 0.23 6. MV: BACKVIEW NAGAYA PLAYING 0.28 7. SV: WOMAN PUTTING MONEY INTO MACHINE TO GET PREPAID CARDS 0.32 8. MV: MAN PLAYING 0.36 9. CU: CLOSEUP OF MODERN VIDEO SCREEN IN GAME 0.39 10. CU: MAN WITH PACHINKO BALL STUFFED IN EAR BECAUSE OF NOISE 0.42 11. CU: MAN'S HAND ON MACHINE CONTROLLER/ PACHINKO BALLS FALLING THROUGH PINS (2 SHOTS) 0.48 12. CU: BALLS ENTERING SLOTS FOR PAYOUT 0.51 13. CU: BALLS MOVING INTO PLAY 0.56 14. MV: MAN DUMPING BALLS INTO COUNTER/ MACHINE COUNTING UP BALLS (2 SHOTS) 1.04 15. GV/MV: PACHINKO PARLOUR GIFT CENTRE WHERE/ PLAYERS TRADE BALLS FOR PRIZES/ PLASTIC CASES CONTAINING GOLD LEAF AND OTHER PRIZES/ PRIZES ON DISPLAY (5 SHOTS) 1.30 TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE) TBS - NO ACCESS JAPAN (PART MUTE) 16. GV/MV: ARCHIVE FOOTAGE FROM 1955 SHOWING PLAYERS AT PACHINKO PARLOUR (6 SHOTS) 1.48 TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) RTV - ACCESS ALL 17. GV: WIDE SHOT OF MODERN PARLOUR 1.52 18. CU: WOMAN PLAYING/ HAND ON CONTROLLER/ MAN AND WOMAN PLAYING MEN PLAYING (3 SHOTS) 2.01 19. MCU: CLOSEUP OF SIGN SAYING "KIDS ROOM" 2.03 20. CU: BOY IN PLAYROOM FOR PLAYERS' CHILDREN 2.05 21. GV: WIDE SHOT OF PLAYROOM WITH BABY-SITTER 2.09 22. MCU: YASUKO TOKUNAGA, PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF FUKUNAGA KANKO KABU (COMPANY WHICH RUNS PACHINKO PARLOURS) SAYING, "MANY PACHINKO OWNERS ARE TARGETING WOMEN. OURS FOR EXAMPLE IS DESIGNED TO MAKE LADIES MORE COMFORTABLE, AND WE'VE SEEN MORE COMING HERE THAN IN OTHER OLD-STYLE PARLOURS." (JAPANESE) 2.27 KOBE, JAPAN (FILE) NHK - NO ACCESS JAPAN 23. LV/GV: WIDE SHOT OF PARKING LOT WHERE CHILDREN LEFT IN CAR IN JULY 1996 DIED FROM HEAT/ SPACE WHERE CAR HAD BEEN PARKED (2 SHOTS) 2.35 TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) RTV - ACCESS ALL 24. MCU: MASAFUMI NAKAKUKI, M.D., TOKYO PSYCHOTHERAPY CENTRE, SAYING, "IT (PACHINKO) HAS A LONG HISTORY, THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S A CULTURE-BOUND GAME, A CULTURE- BOUND SYNDROME NOW... LOSING MONEY, GETTING HOOKED UP TO THE POINT OF NEGLECTING KIDS IN THE CAR." (ENGLISH) 2.54 TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE) NHK - NO ACCESS JAPAN 25. GV: PACHINKO PARLOUR WORKER ANNOUNCING REMINDER TO PARENTS ABOUT NOT FORGETTING CHILDREN IN CARS 2.56 26. CU: PACHINKO MACHINE/ CLOSE-UP OF SIGN WARNING PARENTS (2 SHOTS) 3.02 27. TRACKING SHOT TO SIGN SHOWING CHILD, SAYS "MOM, DON'T FORGET ME(" (JAPANESE) 3.08 28. GV/MCU: PACHINKO PARLOUR WORKER CHECKING CARS IN LOT (2 SHOTS) 3.17 TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) RTV - ACCESS ALL 29. GV: PACHINKO "COLLEGE" FOR FOREIGN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN/ STUDENTS LOOKING ON AS "EXPERT" EXPLAINS HOW TO PLAY (2 SHOTS) 3.23 30. CU: CLOSE-UP OF DISPLAY INSIDE GAME 3.30 31. MV: STUDENT HITS JACKPOT 3.34 32. SV: SIDE SHOT OF WOMAN PLAYING 3.38 33. SV: MEN PLAYING 3.42 34. CU/SV: BALLS COMING OUT AFTER HITTING JACKPOT/ WOMAN SHOUTS AFTER WINNING (2 SHOTS) 3.50 Initials s.3.2 - p.3.2 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: TOKYO AND KOBE, JAPAN
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  • Country: Japan
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