The cinematic era of Japanese cinema of the 1950's and 1960's would bring us heroic samurai and yakuza figures. Yet female characters would largely be sat on the sidelines in wallflower roles. Eureka Entertainment bring to blu ray an opportunity to address this with the release of “Red Peony Gambler”. A feature that puts Junko Fuji front and centre as the wandering gambler Oryu.

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After the head of the Yano clan is assassinated, it is left to his daughter Oryu (Junko Fuji) to seek revenge. Dissolving her clan and going on a journey, she encounters Katagiri (Ken Takakura) who comes to her aid in a confrontation. It become apparent that he knows more about her father's death than he lets on and steals a wallet from her that is linked to the killer. The revelation that the wallet belongs...