Red Peony Gambler
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.
Release Date:
1968-09-14
Runtime:
98 minutes
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Starring:
Sumiko Fuji
as Hibotan no Ryu
Ken Takakura
as Naoki Katagiri
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Torakichi Kumasaka
Kyōsuke Machida
as Fujimatsu, the Immortal
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Isamu Dobashi
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Masako Araki
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Junpei Arishima
Daisuke Awaji
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Shôgo Egami
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Hiroshi Hatano
Shōtarō Hayashi
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Kunio Hikita
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Akira Hirasawa
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Masao Hori
Yoshihiro Igarashi
Nobuo Kaneko
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Kenji Kusumoto
as Nakagawa
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Ryôzô Maegawa
Yuriko Mishima
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Gentarō Mori
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Kyōnosuke Murai
Takuzō Kawatani
as Henchman
Minoru Ōki
Rinichi Yamamoto