The Valiant Red Peony

In 1968, Japanese cinema witnessed the emergence of a trailblazing heroine in Ryuko Yano, aka Red Peony Oryu, played by Junko Fuji in her first leading role. Orphaned at a young age and raised by her gambler father, Ryuko sets out on a perilous journey to avenge his murder, leaving behind the yakuza world she once knew. With her determination and defiance, she forges unlikely alliances with fellow gamblers and eventually confronts the man responsible for her father's death in this gripping tale of revenge and redemption.