The Red Silk Gambler

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 21, 1972

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Reiko Ike,Reiichi Hatanaka,Minken Karasawa,Kinji Nakamura,Hiroshi Nawa,Bunta Sugawara,Eiko Nakamura,Asao Koike,Junko Matsudaira,Hiroko Fujiand 11 more

Director

Teruo Ishii

Writer

Kōji Takada,Oniroku Dan

Cinematography

Shigeru Akatsuka

Music

Hajime Kaburagi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0142367