The Valiant Red Peony Explained

The Valiant Red Peony^[1]
Director:	Kōsaku Yamashita
Producer:	Gorō Kusakabe
Screenplay:	Norifumi Suzuki
Music:	Takeo Watanabe
Cinematography:	Osamu Furuya
Editing:	Shintaro Miyamoto
Studio:	Toei
Distributor:	Toei
Runtime:	98 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1968 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kōsaku Yamashita.^{[2] [3]} It stars Junko 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

• 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^[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)

External links

• The Valiant Red Peony at Toei

Notes and References

1. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒. Motion Pictures Producers Association. ja. 13 December 2021.
2. Web site: 20世紀日本人名事典「山下 耕作」の解説. Kotobank. ja. 13 December 2021.
3. Web site: デジタル大辞泉「緋牡丹博徒」の解説. Kotobank. ja. 13 December 2021.
4. Kinema Junpo 1971年8月10日号増刊 任侠藤純子おんなの詩. August 1971. Kinema Junpo sha. Tokyo. 24–25.
5. News: 富司純子、７５歳にして「ベストワン」…１４年ぶり主演"椿"咲く. Hochi Shimbun. ja. 13 December 2021.
6. News: 美学を持ち、芸に生きる女優 富司 純子. Takasaki Shimbun. ja. 13 December 2021.
7. Web site: 仇を探す女博徒が歩む道は…富司純子と高倉健の共演作「緋牡丹博徒」放送. 映画ナタリー. ja. 13 December 2021.
8. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒. Agency for Cultural Affairs. ja. 13 December 2021.
9. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒 一宿一飯. Motion Pictures Producers Association. ja. 13 December 2021.
10. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒 花札勝負. 26 September 2017 . Kyoto Historical Film Festival. ja. 13 December 2021.
11. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒 二代目襲名. Motion Pictures Producers Association. ja. 13 December 2021.
12. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒 鉄火場列伝. Motion Pictures Producers Association. ja. 13 December 2021.
13. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒 お竜参上. Motion Pictures Producers Association. ja. 13 December 2021.
14. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒 お竜参上. 26 September 2017 . Kyoto Historical Film Festival. ja. 13 December 2021.
15. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒 お命戴きます. Motion Pictures Producers Association. ja. 13 December 2021.
16. Web site: 緋牡丹博徒 仁義通します. Motion Pictures Producers Association. ja. 13 December 2021.