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Red Peony Gambler (1968)
Directed by Kôsaku Yamashita
Most recently watched by sleestakk
Overview
Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father’s death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Sumiko Fuji | Ken Takakura | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Kyosuke Mashida | Isamu Dobashi | Masako Araki | Junpei Arishima | Daisuke Awaji | Shôgo Egami | Hiroshi Hatano | Shôtarô Hayashi | Kunio Hikita | Akira Hirasawa | Masao Hori | Yoshihiro Igarashi | Nobuo Kaneko | Nijiko Kiyokawa | Kenji Kusumoto | Ryôzô Maegawa | Yuriko Mishima | Gentarô Mori | Kyônosuke Murai | Takuzô Kawatani | Minoru Oki | Rinichi Yamamoto