Film

The Woman Gambler

1967 · 1h 25m · Drama · Crime · History

Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin. In a fierce gambling den where rough men clash like sparks, two female gamblers vie for the same man in a high-stakes, best-of-seven showdown—from which only one will emerge victorious. Amid the tense atmosphere, Natsue, a highly skilled card dealer, gracefully reveals her hand with the flick of her slender fingers. At that precise moment, across the table, Takiko’s face goes ashen—she’s just lost the fateful game her lover had wagered his fortune on. The next day, Takiko and her boyfriend attempt a double suicide in despair, but she survives alone. Consumed by twisted emotions toward Natsue, a man named Isobe manipulates Takiko. Under his influence, Takiko seduces Tagami—who is Natsue’s fiancé—setting the stage for a dangerous and tangled web of love, revenge, and deceit.

Kyōko Enami

Ogin

Saeda Kawaguchi

Kōjirō Hongō

Ryōhei Uchida

Goichi Yamada

Yūzō Hayakawa

Asao Uchida

Yoshi Katō

Kuniichi Takami

• Tarō YugeDirector
• Kenrō MatsuuraScreenplay

Release date

July 14, 1967

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Drama, Crime, History