Red Peony Gambler
緋牡丹博徒
Release: 1968-09-14
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 7.2
Drama
Action
Comedy
Thriller
Romance
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
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Cast
Sumiko Fuji
as Hibotan no Ryu
Ken Takakura
as Naoki Katagiri
Shōtarō Hayashi
Yoshihiro Igarashi
Nobuo Kaneko
Rinichi Yamamoto
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Takuzō Kawatani
as Henchman
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Torakichi Kumasaka
Kyōsuke Machida
as Fujimatsu, the Immortal
Daisuke Awaji
Kenji Kusumoto
as Nakagawa
Yuriko Mishima
Minoru Ōki
