Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969)
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 indebted 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 harassed by a gang of thugs. When the harassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.
Director:
Kōsaku Yamashita
Writers:
Kazuo Kasahara, Norifumi Suzuki.
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Sumiko Fuji as Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony |
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Kyōsuke Machida as |
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Koji Tsuruta as |
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Bin Amatsu as Narutogawa |
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Tetsuro Tamba as |
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as Torakichi Kumasaka |
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Kōtarō Satomi as |
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Seizaburō Kawazu as |
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Keiji Takamiya as |
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Yuriko Mishima as |
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Kiyoshi Hitomi as |
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Auto Yokoyama as |
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Kenji Kusumoto as |
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Jushiro Kobayashi as |
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Hiroshi Nawa as |
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Hiroshi Arikawa as |
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Daisuke Awaji as |
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Tatsuko Azuma as |
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Masami Furukido as |
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Shōtarō Hayashi as |
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Yasumori Hikita as |
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Yoshihiro Igarashi as |
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Toshio Kitagawa as |
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Kuniomi Kitani as |
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Ryōzō Maekawa as |
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Mineko Maruhira as |
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Yukio Miyagi as |
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Kinji Nakamura as |
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Ryō Nishida as |
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Takashi Noguchi as |
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Kisho Nomura as |
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Shinji Oda as |
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Tsuyako Okajima as |
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Sen Okamichi as |
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Yoshiki Oyamada as |
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Hiroko Sakaki as |
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Akikane Sawa as |
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Hideo Shimada as |
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Isao Takanami as |
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Kôsaburô Shirakawa as |
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Kinya Suzuki as |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as |
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Yasushi Ôki as |
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Takuzō Kawatani as |
| Directing | Kōsaku Yamashita | Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Writing | Norifumi Suzuki | Screenplay |
| Sound | Takeo Watanabe | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Osamu Furuya | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Art | Seiji Yada | Art Direction |
| Art | Sumiomi Shibata | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Takashi Matsuda | Costume Design |
| Directing | Masahide Shinozuka | Assistant Director |