Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…
Director:
Tai Katō
Writer:
Motohiro Torii
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Sumiko Fuji as Red Peony Oryu |
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Ken Takakura as Shogo Hanaoka |
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Kanjūrō Arashi as Teijiro Sugiyama |
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Asao Koike as Tetsunosuke Kanehara |
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Bin Amatsu as Takimura |
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Rinichi Yamamoto as Kenzo Kitamura |
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as Torakichi Kumasaka |
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Kyōsuke Machida as Fujimatsu |
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Teruo Ishiyama as Jiro Sugiyama |
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Daisuke Awaji as |
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Kanbi Fujiyama as |
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Masaharu Arikawa as |
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Masami Furukido as |
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Hiroshi Hatano as |
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Shōtarō Hayashi as |
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Akira Hirasawa as |
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Tomi Kamiya as |
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Hiroshi Kato as |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa as Otaka |
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Mineko Maruhira as |
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Yuka Mie as |
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Toshiaki Minami as |
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Kyōnosuke Murai as |
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Takashi Noguchi as |
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Tsuyako Okajima as |
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Akikane Sawa as |
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Kōji Sekiyama as |
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Mihoko Shibata as |
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Akira Shioji as |
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Kinya Suzuki as |
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Kayoko Tominaga as |
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Junko Toda as |
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Asao Uchida as |
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Jun Wakamizu as |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as |
| Sound | Takeo Watanabe | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Tai Katō | Director |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Writing | Hisakichi Ishimoto | Novel |
| Writing | Norifumi Suzuki | Writer |
| Camera | Osamu Furuya | Director of Photography |
| Art | Eiji Nunobe | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jiro Tomita | Art Direction |
| Directing | Tatsuo Honda | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Motohiro Torii | Screenplay |