Red Peony Gambler

🎭 Genres:Drama, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Romance

⭐️ Actors:Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kyōsuke Machida, Isamu Dobashi

🌍 Country:Japan

📅 Year:1968

🎬 Director:Kōsaku Yamashita

📝 Description: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.