Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

Feb 1, 1969

1h 38m

★ 7.0

Overview

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…

Genres

Action

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Toei Company

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game Trailers

Cast

Red Peony Oryu

Sumiko Fuji

Shogo Hanaoka

Ken Takakura

Teijiro Sugiyama

Kanjūrō Arashi

Tetsunosuke Kanehara

Asao Koike

Takimura

Bin Amatsu

Kenzo Kitamura

Rinichi Yamamoto

Torakichi Kumasaka

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Fujimatsu

Kyōsuke Machida

Jiro Sugiyama

Teruo Ishiyama

Daisuke Awaji

Kanbi Fujiyama

Masaharu Arikawa

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