Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1969-10-01
Runtime: 110 minutes
Director: Kōsaku Yamashita
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- Sumiko Fuji as Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony
- Kyōsuke Machida as
- Koji Tsuruta as
- Bin Amatsu as Narutogawa
- Tetsuro Tamba as
- Tomisaburō Wakayama as Torakichi Kumasaka
- Kōtarō Satomi as
- Seizaburō Kawazu as
- Keiji Takamiya as
- Yuriko Mishima as
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