I was sent this one along by James at Pinballspotting. I had some ideas of the machines, but had to send my query to the incredible nazox2016 for assistance here.
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promotional poster for ずべ公番長 ざんげの値打もない the 4th of the "Delinquent Girl Boss" movies released 1971 |
Early in the movie we spot a Sega Punching Bag from 1962.
You can see the same machine in this photo:
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promotional photo for Koyokaku, Hyoe in Arima Onsen, Hyogo Prefecture |
But the big fight scene at the end is where we see the gangsters' big arcade area, at least in the background
the arcade scene opens with a panning shot and we see a vertical machine in profile with the chrome trim flaring out at waist-height. This is most just one of many pachinko machines that were fit into cabinets for arcades.
Some examples:
just past the pachinko we see two curious outlines in the back right. Pinball-sized rails, but then they drop 2 inches for the front 7" or so? We'll get to those!
On the left we see a 1964 Bally Sky Divers
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UPDATE 2021-01-28: nazox2016 passed me more information about Homerun game:
Home Run Game was manufactured by "Nihon Tenbo Goraku (日本展望娯楽)" in 1969
or earlier.
"ホームラン" = "Home Run". A pocket of the top one.
"三塁" = "Triple". Two pockets of second row.
"二塁" = "Double". Three pockets of third row.
"一塁" = "Single hit". Three pockets of forth and bottom row.
"アウト" = "Out".
Home Run Game can shoot 10 balls per game, and win replay when earned 7 points
or more in original. But the individual one that I posted on my blog was remodeled that a prize will be paid when earned 7 points or more instead of replay
And new photos!
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late 1960s Homerun! - ホームランゲーム by 日本展望娯楽社 (Japan Outlook Entertainment Company) |
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thank you, it's great to see! |
We then move to the next scene where 2 of the above machines were obviously moved and staged for this shot.
Turns out that there were 4 different games called Sonar Attack (1 by Satomi, 2 by Sankyo, 1 by Universal,) and the one in the movie is by Sankyo. But different paint job, obviously :)
We'll start with the easy one, a 1964 Bally Big Day on the right
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in regards to the pachinko by the woman's face, nazox2016 said
"I remember playing around 1970 at ski resort hotel in Nagano Prefecture.
The title, manufacturer, year of manufacture are unknown.
5 balls per play, 3 or more balls into packet then win prize."
The game appears to be nearly identical to this, except for 4 columns at the top instead of 3:
next to it we see the pinball-shaped machine with the blue backglass, and the green one is on the far left. I assume those are the same machines from the prior room.
Between them is a periscope game, which seems to be Sonar Attack but in a different cabinet
Let's brighten it up:
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here we can see Sonar Attack written |
1960s Sonar Attack - ソーナーアタック by 三共 (Sankyo) |
Beat & Spark (ビート&スパーク)
Jumbo Kick (ジャンボキック)
1970 ビート & スパーク (Beat & Spark) by 東急商事株式會社 & 日本展望娯楽社 (Tokyo Corporation & Japan Outlook) |
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photos via ipdb and by Jay Stafford |
Note the circle in the upper right, which is shared with the machines in the movie.
Then note the cabinet shape:
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late 1960s Ultra Attack (ウルトラアタック) by 日本娯楽物産 (Japan Entertainment Products) |
A perfect silhouette of the odd railings we saw above:
Some Ultra Attack footage:
more Ultra Attack!
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