Tazza: The High Rollers (a.k.a. The War of Flower, Korean

Korean language

Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

: 타짜) is a 2006

2006 in film

- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

 South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n film based on Huh Young-man

Huh Young-man

Huh Young-man is a South Korean manhwa artist.-Early life:Huh Young-man was born Heo Hyeong-man in nowadays Yeosu, a far southern coastal city of South Jeolla province, South Korea in 1947. Huh was the third child of the eight children to father Heo Jong and mother Park Ok-jeong...

's manhwa

Manhwa

Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...

 (comics). The story involves a group of grifters involved in the Korean card game called Hwatu

Hanafuda

are playing cards of Japanese origin that are used to play a number of games. The name literally translates as "flower cards". The name also refers to games played with those cards.-History:...

 (Korean: 화투, Hanja

Hanja

Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...

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Plot

Go-nee has lost his entire savings, saved over a period of 5 years, at a gambling joint. While Go-nee drinks heavily, determined to throw away his life, he discovers that he was swindled by professional fraudulent gamblers, so-called ‘slickers’. To regain his money, Go-nee begins training to be the best slicker under a master of gambling, Mr. Pyeong. Go-nee becomes famous, wandering about different gambling places throughout the country with Pyeong. Moreover, Madam Jung who has never gotten along with Mr. Pyeong, begins to show interest in Go-nee…