6/10
A bit of stalling in the Red Peony Gambler series
28 August 2023
For one major problem: where's the gambling part? In this movie Oryu acts for 100% of the time as a businesswoman of sorts (I know, Yakuza in Japan have several ties with legal businesses, but still it doesn't make any sense considering the series title), making the purpose of watching a movie in a series about the misadventures of a female gambler totally pointless. Also, the whole stuff about her having an unknown uncle magically giving her the leadership of her family clan makes the road travelling seen in the previous movies in the series once again completely pointless, what was the rationale for her to travel, having adventures and get experience in the Yakuza world if to become the leader of her clan all she had to do was to have a relative bestowing on her the title? Or to her to start traveling again at the end of the movie? For the rest, this thing is watchable once but it's clearly not en par with the previous movies in the series.
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