Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

Movie

Action

Drama

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.

Date: 10/01/1969

Rating: 5.9

Cast: Sumiko Fuji, Kyōsuke Machida, Koji Tsuruta, Bin Amatsu, Tetsuro Tamba, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Kotaro 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, Yasumori Hikita, Yoshihiro Igarashi, Toshio Kitagawa, Kuniomi Kitani, Ryôzô Maekawa, Mineko Maruhira, Yukio Miyagi, Kinji Nakamura, Ryō Nishida, Takashi Noguchi, Kisho Nomura, Shinji Oda, Tsuyako Okajima, Sen Okamichi, Yoshiki Oyamada, Hiroko Sakaki, Akikane Sawa, Hideo Shimada, Isao Takanami, Kôsaburô Shirakawa, Kin'ya Suzuki, Kunijirō Yanagi, Yasushi Ôki, Takuzō Kawatani

Sumiko Fuji