The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.
Year
1973
Country
JP
Language
Japanese
Release date
17 November 1973
TMDB
7.7 (3)
CineVerse
— (0)
Ratings
0 fansNo ratings yet.
Hiroko Maki
Mine Kondô
Tetsuya Watari
Seijirô Tanaka
J
Junko Toda
Tsuru Ogawa
Tōru Abe
Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
Kinya Kitaoji
Captain Sakagami
Gō Katō
Toyohiko Kagawa
Kunio Murai
Minoru Ôhama
Meichō Soganoya
Kinzô Nagata
Kin Sugai
Okin
Akira Shioji
Kamatari Fujiwara
Michiko Otsuka
Bontarō Miake
Nakajirō Tomita
K
Kimiji Harada
Keiji Sakakida
Shigeo Katō
Y
Yasuzō Ogawa
S
Shōji Ōki
M
Motoo Noguchi
Shosei Muto
Masahiko Tanimura
Kayako Sono
Saburo Date
S
Seiji Endō
M
Mammoth Suzuki
S
Sanji Kojima
K
Kanta Mori
Kazuo Suzuki
K
Koji Miemachi
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