The Valiant Red Peony

The Valiant Red Peony (緋牡丹博徒) is a 1968 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kōsaku Yamashita. It stars Junko Fuji. She landed the lead role for the first time in the film and The Valiant Red Peony was a big hit. The Valiant Red Peony is the first episode in the Valiant Red Peony aka Hibotan Bakuto film series.

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.

Cast

 * Junko 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

Film series

 * The Valiant Red Peony Pt.2 directed by Norifumi Suzuki (1968)
 * The Valiant Red Peony Flower Cards Match directed by Tai Kato (1969)
 * The Valiant Red Peony Pt.4 directed by Shigehiro Ozawa (1969)
 * The Valiant Red Peony Pt.5 directed by Kōsaku Yamashita (1969)
 * The Valiant Red Peony Gambles Her Life or The Valiant Red Peony Gamble Oryu’s Return directed by Tai Kato (1970)
 * The Valiant Red Peony: You are Dead directed by Tai Kato (1971)
 * The Valiant Red Peony Pt.8 directed by Buichi Saitō (1972)