Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

98 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Feb. 1, 1969

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…

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

98 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Feb. 1, 1969

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
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…
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 緋牡丹博徒　花札勝負
Directors Tatsuo Honda, Tai Katô
Writers Hisakichi Ishimoto, Motohiro Torii, Norifumi Suzuki

Cast

Sumiko Fuji

as Red Peony Oryu

Ken Takakura

as Shogo Hanaoka

Kanjūrō Arashi

as Teijiro Sugiyama

Asao Koike

as Tetsunosuke Kanehara

Bin Amatsu

as Takimura

Rinichi Yamamoto

as Kenzo Kitamura

Tomisaburō Wakayama

as Torakichi Kumasaka

Kyōsuke Machida

as Fujimatsu

Teruo Ishiyama

as Jiro Sugiyama

Nijiko Kiyokawa

as Otaka