Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 1, 1969

Original Title:
緋牡丹博徒 鉄火場列伝

Alternate Titles:
Hibotan bakuto: Tekkaba retsuden
Lady yakuza: chronique des joueurs
Oryu, the Beautiful Woman Gambler
Red Peony Gambler 4: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Red Peony Gambler 4: Second Generation Ceremony
Red Peony Gambler: Gambling Den Biography
Red Peony Gambler: Here Comes Oryu

Genres:
Action | Drama

Production Companies:
Toei Company

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 110

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.

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Art Direction:
Seiji Yada

Assistant Director:
Masahide Shinozuka

Costume Design:
Takashi Matsuda

Director:
Kōsaku Yamashita

Director of Photography:
Osamu Furuya

Editor:
Shintarō Miyamoto

Original Music Composer:
Takeo Watanabe

Screenplay:
Kazuo Kasahara
Norifumi Suzuki

Set Decoration:
Sumiomi Shibata

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