Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1987)

  • NR
  • 07/01/1987 (FR)
  • Action, Crime, Drama
  • 1h 38m

Overview

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…

Tai Katō

Director

Hisakichi Ishimoto

Novel

Motohiro Torii

Writer

Norifumi Suzuki

Writer

Cast

Sumiko Fuji's headshot

Sumiko Fuji

Red Peony Oryu
Ken Takakura's headshot

Ken Takakura

Shogo Hanaoka
Kanjūrō Arashi's headshot

Kanjūrō Arashi

Teijiro Sugiyama
Asao Koike's headshot

Asao Koike

Tetsunosuke Kanehara
Bin Amatsu's headshot

Bin Amatsu

Takimura
Rinichi Yamamoto's headshot

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kenzo Kitamura
Tomisaburō Wakayama's headshot

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Torakichi Kumasaka
Kyōsuke Machida's headshot

Kyōsuke Machida

Fujimatsu

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