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The Red Silk Gambler

The Red Silk Gambler

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 21, 1972

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Action, Crime

User Score

77%

Original Title

緋ぢりめん博徒

Production Companies

Toei Company

Director

Teruo Ishii

Description

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.