Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

90 mins | Drama, Action | Jan. 23, 1971

Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and comes into conflict with gamblers plotting to take over a rustic hot-spring town. Handling a gun and sword as skillfully as a man, Fuji Junko portrays an appealing personality that differs from Oryu in the Red Peony Gambler series. Tsuruta Koji stars as the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji that tops the list of an impressive all-star cast that includes Endo Tatsuo, Kogure Michiyo, Ashiya Gannosuke, Kitamura Eizo, and many others. This film is an authentic yakuza movie that conveys the true "Matatabi" (wandering gambler) feeling.

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

90 mins | Drama, Action | Jan. 23, 1971

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and comes into conflict with gamblers plotting to take over a rustic hot-spring town. Handling a gun and sword as skillfully as a man, Fuji Junko portrays an appealing personality that differs from Oryu in the Red Peony Gambler series. Tsuruta Koji stars as the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji that tops the list of an impressive all-star cast that includes Endo Tatsuo, Kogure Michiyo, Ashiya Gannosuke, Kitamura Eizo, and many others. This film is an authentic yakuza movie that conveys the true "Matatabi" (wandering gambler) feeling.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 女渡世人
Directors Shigehiro Ozawa
Writers Tatsuo Honda

Cast

Sumiko Fuji

as Tsumagoi Okoma

Koji Tsuruta

as Joji Tsukuba

Gannosuke Ashiya

as Katsuji Hanada

Michiyo Kogure

as Otaki

Eizô Kitamura

as Zenzo

Shizue Natsukawa

as Otami