Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (movie)
緋牡丹博徒 鉄火場列伝- User score: 5.9
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Kōsaku Yamashita
- Production companies: Toei Company
- Genre: Action, Drama
- Release date: 10/1/1969
- Run time: 110 min.
Movie description
Junko Fuji returns as 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 indebed 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 harrassed by a gang of thugs. When the harrassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.
