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Red Peony Gambler

3.6

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Duration98 min.
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Release DateSep 14, 1968

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.

Genres

  • Drama
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Thriller
  • Romance

Casts

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Hibotan no Ryu

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

Naoki Katagiri

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Torakichi Kumasaka

Kyōsuke Machida

Kyōsuke Machida

Fujimatsu, the Immortal

Isamu Dobashi

Masako Araki

Junpei Arishima

Daisuke Awaji

Daisuke Awaji

Shôgo Egami

Hiroshi Hatano

Shōtarō Hayashi

Shōtarō Hayashi

Kunio Hikita

Akira Hirasawa

Masao Hori

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Nakagawa

Ryôzô Maegawa

Yuriko Mishima

Yuriko Mishima

Gentarō Mori

Kyōnosuke Murai

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Henchman

Minoru Ōki

Minoru Ōki

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto