Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin. The series gets cited on lists of action yakuza films or woman avenger films, but once the films are actually viewed, it is quickly obvious they are not generally about action except in the nominal sense of acts of gambling. And while Ogin is in fact sometimes motivated by revenge, she is not as a rule a martial artist or a killer, & this series tends to place its female hero as far away from the "action babe" method as she can get. Ogin is an honest dealer in the criminal underworld of yakuza-run gambling. She is samurai-like in that she sets out to become Japan's number one dealer, much as a samurai might go on his "warrior's pilgrimage" to become Japan's number one swordsman.
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A Woman's Gamble Cast
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Kyôko Enami
She was 24, 76 years old when she died
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Yûsuke Kawazu
He was 31, now 89 years old
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Yoshirô Kitahara
He was 37, now 95 years old
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Akira Natsuki
He was 38, now 96 years old
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Rieko Sumi
She was 38, 77 years old when she died
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Kôichi Mizuhara
He was 57, 60 years old when he died
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Hiroshi Minami
He was 97, 119 years old when he died
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Fumio Watanabe
He was 37, 74 years old when he died
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Jun Osanai
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Osamu Sakai
He was 33, now 24 years old
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Bontarô Miake
He was 60, now 118 years old
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Kuniichi Takami
He was 22, now 80 years old
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Kyomi Sakura
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Kôji Fujiyama
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A Woman's Gamble Crew
