Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Directed by Kōsaku Yamashita
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Sumiko FujiRyuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony
Kyōsuke MachidaCast
Koji TsurutaCast
Bin AmatsuNarutogawa
Tetsuro TambaCast
Tomisaburō WakayamaTorakichi Kumasaka
Kōtarō SatomiCast
Seizaburō KawazuCast
Keiji TakamiyaCast
Yuriko MishimaCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Kōsaku Yamashita
- Screenplay
- Norifumi Suzuki
- Editor
- Shintarō Miyamoto
- Screenplay
- Kazuo Kasahara
- Director of Photography
- Osamu Furuya
- Original Music Composer
- Takeo Watanabe