Red Peony Gambler

Red Peony Gambler (1968)

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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.

Director: Kōsaku Yamashita

Casts

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

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