Red Peony Gambler

Overview

Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father’s death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.

Directed by Kōsaku Yamashita

Top cast

Sumiko Fuji

Hibotan no Ryu

Ken Takakura

Naoki Katagiri

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Torakichi Kumasaka

Kyōsuke Machida

Fujimatsu, the Immortal

I

Isamu Dobashi

M

Masako Araki

J

Junpei Arishima

Daisuke Awaji

S

Shôgo Egami

H

Hiroshi Hatano

Shōtarō Hayashi

K

Kunio Hikita

A

Akira Hirasawa

M

Masao Hori

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Nobuo Kaneko

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Kenji Kusumoto

Nakagawa

R

Ryôzô Maegawa

Yuriko Mishima

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