

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Toei Company
Key Crew

Kōsaku Yamashita
Director

Norifumi Suzuki
Screenplay

Kazuo Kasahara
Screenplay
Cast

Sumiko Fuji
Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony

Kyōsuke Machida

Koji Tsuruta

Bin Amatsu
Narutogawa

Tetsuro Tamba

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Torakichi Kumasaka

Kōtarō Satomi

Seizaburō Kawazu

Keiji Takamiya

Yuriko Mishima
Kiyoshi Hitomi
Auto Yokoyama

Kenji Kusumoto
Jushiro Kobayashi

Hiroshi Nawa

Hiroshi Arikawa

Daisuke Awaji
Tatsuko Azuma
Masami Furukido

Shōtarō Hayashi