Samurai Champloo: Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1) (Tacit Understanding 1) Rewatch

February 22, 2015 9:10 AM - Season 1, Episode 3

Mugen and Jin decide to split up, leaving Fuu to her own devices, only to reunite in a town where a new gang is trying to push the established group out. Mugen joins the Nagatomi Gang, while Jin later finds himself aligned with the established Kawara Gang, who are lead by a kindhearted leader named Heitaro the Buddha. Meanwhile, Fuu gets in trouble when she doesn't heed the warnings of a fortune teller.
posted by filthy light thief (2 comments total)

Links for viewing: login-reqested and age-restricted, subbed and dubbed in English on YouTube; age-restricted, subbed and dubbed in English on Hulu; fansubbed, without restrictions on YouTube.

The gambling game with dice and tiles is called Chō-Han Bakuchi or simply Chō-Han (odd and even numbers). As usual, a list of anachronisms for the episode.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:37 AM on February 22, 2015

For more cultural context, here are notes from a fansubber for this episode.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:28 PM on March 15, 2015 [1 favorite]