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Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969)

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969)

Action Drama
Release Date: 1969, April 10
Directors: Shigehiro Ozawa
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company
Cast: Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Kanjūrō Arashi, Bin Amatsu, Kyōsuke Machida, Kenji Kusumoto

Overview:

The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livelihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.