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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969)
Directed by Kôsaku Yamashita
Overview
Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebed to their generosity, she stays to work for the village and promises to leave her yakuza ways behind. When a dispute breaks out for the gambling rights to a local festival, the villagers are harrassed by a gang of thugs. When the harrassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.
Length 110 minutes
Actors
Sumiko Fuji | Kyosuke Mashida | Koji Tsuruta | Bin Amatsu | Tetsurō Tamba | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Kotaro Satomi | Seizaburô Kawazu | Keiji Takamiya | Yuriko Mishima | Kiyoshi Hitomi | Auto Yokoyama | Kenji Kusumoto | Jushiro Kobayashi | Hiroshi Nawa | Hiroshi Arikawa | Daisuke Awaji | Tatsuko Azuma | Masami Furukido | Shôtarô Hayashi | Yasumori Hikita | Yoshihiro Igarashi | Toshio Kitagawa | Kuniomi Kitani | Ryôzô Maekawa | Mineko Maruhira | Yukio Miyagi | Kinji Nakamura | Ryô Nishida | Takashi Noguchi | Kisho Nomura | Shinji Oda | Tsuyako Okajima | Sen Okamichi | Yoshiki Oyamada | Hiroko Sakaki | Akikane Sawa | Hideo Shimada | Isao Takanami | Kôsaburô Shirakawa | Kin'ya Suzuki | Kunijirô Yanagi | Yasushi Ôki | Takuzô Kawatani