The Valiant Red Peony (Japanese: 緋牡丹博徒, Hepburn: Hibotan Bakuto) is a 1968 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kōsaku Yamashita.[2][3] It stars Sumiko Fuji.[4][5] She landed the lead role for the first time in the film and The Valiant Red Peony was a big hit.[6] The Valiant Red Peony is the first episode in the Valiant Red Peony aka Hibotan Bakuto film series.[7][8]

Oryū's father is a head of the Yano clan (yakuza boss), but is assassinated by someone. Oryū dissolves the Yano clan and she goes on a journey to find the person who killed her father.[8]

Cast

• Sumiko Fuji as Oryū
• Tomisaburo Wakayama as Torasaka Kumakichi
• Kyosuke Machida as Fujimi no Fujimatsu
• Rinichi Yamamoto as Fugushin
• Nijiko Kiyokawa as Otaka
• Isamu Dobashi as Minagawa
• Yuriko Mishima as Kimika
• Masaru Shiga as Kame
• Kōjirō Kawanami as Tajima
• Masako Araki as Otatsu
• Kunio Hikita as Takizawa
• Yaeko Wakamizu as Kumasaka
• Kyōnosuke Murai as Senzō Yano
• Minoru Ōki as Gōzō Kakui
• Shingo Yamashiro as Kichitarō
• Nobuo Kaneko as Genzō Iwatsu
• Ken Takakura as Katagiri Naoji

The Valiant Red Peony series

• The Valiant Red Peony Pt.2[9] directed by Norifumi Suzuki (1968)
• The Valiant Red Peony Flower Cards Match[10] directed by Tai Kato (1969)
• The Valiant Red Peony Pt.4[11] directed by Shigehiro Ozawa (1969)
• The Valiant Red Peony Pt.5[12] directed by Kōsaku Yamashita (1969)
• The Valiant Red Peony Gambles Her Life[13] or The Valiant Red Peony Gamble Oryu’s Return[14] directed by Tai Kato (1970)
• The Valiant Red Peony: You are Dead[15] directed by Tai Kato (1971)
• The Valiant Red Peony Pt.8[16] directed by Buichi Saitō (1972)

References

External links

• The Valiant Red Peony at Toei
• The Valiant Red Peony at IMDb

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