Film

Red Peony Gambler

1968 · 1h 38m · Drama · Action · Comedy

IMDb

6.9

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.

Sumiko Fuji

Hibotan no Ryu

Ken Takakura

Naoki Katagiri

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Torakichi Kumasaka

Kyōsuke Machida

Fujimatsu, the Immortal

Isamu Dobashi

Masako Araki

Junpei Arishima

Daisuke Awaji

Shôgo Egami

Hiroshi Hatano

Shōtarō Hayashi

Kunio Hikita

Akira Hirasawa

Masao Hori

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Nobuo Kaneko

• Kōsaku YamashitaDirector
• Norifumi SuzukiWriter
• Shintarō MiyamotoEditor

Original 1968 Trailer [Subtitled]

Release date

September 14, 1968

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Romance