The Red Silk Gambler

Nov 21, 1972

1h 26m

★ 7.7

Overview

With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.

Genres

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Toei Company

The Red Silk Gambler Trailers

Cast

Okatsu the Tiger Lily

Eiko Nakamura

Onaka

Reiko Ike

Ohide

Sanae Tsuchida

Omon

Hiroko Fuji

Reiichi Hatanaka

Junko Matsudaira

Shingo Yamashiro

Asao Koike

Hiroshi Nawa

Minoru Ōki

Masa

Bunta Sugawara

Kinji Nakamura

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