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The Red Silk Gambler (1972) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language
1972 · 86 mins · Japanese
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Directed by
Teruo Ishii
Starring
Yôichi Numata, Bunta Sugawara, Shingo Yamashiro, Hiroshi Nawa, Kinji Nakamura, Minoru Ōki

Haunted by a battlefield love, Okatsu the Tiger Lily wields a short sword and her pillbox as she drifts from one gambling den to another. Tracking her are Omon, a blind outlaw gambler; Onaka, a thief seeking revenge for her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist with a dragon back; and Oryu, a young girl sold into prostitution by a gambling family.

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