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Red Peony Gambler is a japonais film of genre Drama with Sumiko Fuji
Red Peony Gambler (1968)
Hibotan bakuto
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Add to a movie listLa Pivoine rouge (緋牡丹博徒, Hibotan bakuto) est un film japonais de Kōsaku Yamashita sorti en 1968. C'est le 1 des huit films qui composent la série La Pivoine rouge (緋牡丹博徒, Hibotan bakuto).
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Japon, milieu de l'ère Meiji. Ryuko Yano, dite Oryū la pivoine rouge, parcourt les routes pour apprendre son métier de yakuza. Cinq années auparavant, celle-ci a vu son mariage annulé suite à l'assassinat de son père Senzo, chef du clan Yano. Depuis elle a renoncé à son statut de femme et s'est fixée comme objectif de venger la mort de son père et de refonder le clan Yano. Le seul indice qu'elle possède est un portefeuille que l'assassin a laissé tomber lors de son forfait.Actors
Sumiko Fuji
(Hibotan no Ryu)
Ken Takakura
(Naoki Katagiri)
Tomisaburō Wakayama
(Torakichi Kumasaka)
Nobuo Kaneko
(Genzō Iwatsu, le chef du clan Iwatsu)
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