Saturday, January 2, 2021

exploring the arcade in ずべ公番長 ざんげの値打もない (1971) aka Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess aka Delinquent Girl Boss: Unworthy of Penance

 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.

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:
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




note the machine the body is laying across, it has the same profile as the odd machines in the above shot, and we'll see it again.
The machine the woman is about to topple is an obvious prop made for the movie.


with the machine toppled, we can see the backglass of the machine next to the green one, far right.
On the left we can see a baseball-themed pachinko machine called "Homerun Game (ホームランゲ ーム)".  Nazox2016 says it is "mid to late 60's. The playfield has pockets as 'homerun', 'triple', 'double' or 'single'. Player shot 10 balls, and if earn 7 points then get replay."

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!
late 1960s Homerun! - ホームランゲーム by 日本展望娯楽社 (Japan Outlook Entertainment Company)

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.



We'll start with the easy one, a 1964 Bally Big Day on the right





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:
ファイブ&スリー (Five & Three) by 日本展望娯楽社 (Japan Outlook Entertainment Company)



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:
here we can see Sonar Attack written

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  :)
1960s Sonar Attack - ソーナーアタック by 三共 (Sankyo)



on to the remaining machines!


nazox2016 tells me the names appear to be:
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)

1970 ジャンボ キック (Jumbo Kick) by 東急商事株式會社 & 日本展望娯楽社 (Tokyo Corporation & Japan Outlook)


There are not many of these machines surviving, but a rather famous example that we can see better is:  Ultra Attack (ウルトラアタック)

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:
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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