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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)
Directed by Tai Katô
Overview
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Sumiko Fuji | Ken Takakura | Kanjûrô Arashi | Asao Koike | Bin Amatsu | Rinichi Yamamoto | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Kyosuke Mashida | Teruo Ishiyama | Daisuke Awaji | Kanbi Fujiyama | Masaji Arikawa | Masami Furukido | Hiroshi Hatano | Shôtarô Hayashi | Akira Hirasawa | Tomi Kamiya | Hiroshi Katô | Nijiko Kiyokawa | Mineko Maruhira | Yuka Mie | Toshiaki Minami | Kyônosuke Murai | Takashi Noguchi | Tsuyako Okajima | Akikane Sawa | Kôji Sekiyama | Mihoko Shibata | Akira Shioji | Kin'ya Suzuki | Kayoko Tominaga | Junko Toda | Asao Uchida | Jun Wakamizu | Kunijirô Yanagi