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Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

  • Drama
  • Action

January 23, 1971 (JP)

1h 30m

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 hot-spring town. Handling a gun and sword as skillfully as a man, Fuj...

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