11.9.22

lady Yakuza: Red Peony Gambler (1969)

aka Hibotan bakuto.
"Leave the little men to me miss."
Ryuko Yano (Sumiko Fuji) is the daughter of a Yakuza boss who dies in a mugging, and becomes a wandering gambler in the search for his killer. On her travels she is helped by Katagiri (Ken Takamura), who knows more about her fathers killer than he is prepared to say...
A wonderfully nuonced dip into the world of the Yakuza, that spawned a number of sequels.