緋ぢりめん博徒 · 1972

The Red Silk Gambler

Teruo Ishii · 86 min · Japan

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.

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Production companies

Toei Company

Cast

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  Eiko Nakamura

  Okatsu the Tiger Lily

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  Reiko Ike

  Onaka

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  Sanae Tsuchida

  Ohide

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  Hiroko Fuji

  Omon

• Reiichi Hatanaka

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  Junko Matsudaira

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  Shingo Yamashiro

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  Asao Koike