Red Peony Gambler

Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father’s death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.

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  Kōsaku Yamashita
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  Tatsuo Honda

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  Sumiko Fuji
  Hibotan no Ryu
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  Ken Takakura
  Naoki Katagiri
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  Tomisaburō Wakayama
  Torakichi Kumasaka
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  Kyōsuke Machida
  Fujimatsu, the Immortal
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  Isamu Dobashi
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  Masako Araki
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  Junpei Arishima
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  Daisuke Awaji
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  Shôgo Egami
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  Hiroshi Hatano
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  Shōtarō Hayashi
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  Kunio Hikita
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  Akira Hirasawa
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  Masao Hori
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  Yoshihiro Igarashi
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  Nobuo Kaneko
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  Nijiko Kiyokawa
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  Kenji Kusumoto
  Nakagawa
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  Ryôzô Maegawa
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  Yuriko Mishima