Okoma the Orphan Gambler

Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s Tsumakoi Okoma while traveling to hone her gambling skills teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and comes into conflict with gamblers plotting to take over a rustic hotspring town Handling a gun and sword as skillfully as a man Fuji Junko portrays an appealing personality that differs from Oryu in the Red Peony Gambler series Tsuruta Koji stars as the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji that tops the list of an impressive allstar cast that includes Endo Tatsuo Kogure Michiyo Ashiya Gannosuke Kitamura Eizo and many others This film is an authentic yakuza movie that conveys the true Matatabi wandering gambler feeling