Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

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.

• Kōsaku YamashitaDirector
• Kazuo KasaharaScreenplay
• Norifumi SuzukiScreenplay
• Takeo WatanabeOriginal Music Composer

• 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 MishimaCast
• Kiyoshi HitomiCast
• Auto YokoyamaCast