Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

1969 · 98 min · ★ 7.3 · Action, Crime, Drama

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…

Directed by Tai Katō · Written by Norifumi Suzuki

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Sumiko Fuji Red Peony Oryu
Ken Takakura Shogo Hanaoka
Kanjūrō Arashi Teijiro Sugiyama
Asao Koike Tetsunosuke Kanehara
Bin Amatsu Takimura
Rinichi Yamamoto Kenzo Kitamura
Tomisaburō Wakayama Torakichi Kumasaka
Kyōsuke Machida Fujimatsu
Teruo Ishiyama Jiro Sugiyama
Daisuke Awaji
Kanbi Fujiyama
Masaharu Arikawa

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