The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
1973 · 2h 29m · Action, Drama
Genres: Action, Drama
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.
Director: Tai Katō
Writers: Tai Katō
Music by: Hajime Kaburagi
Cinematography: Hiroshi Murai
Editor: Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Cast
Hiroko Maki as Mine KondôTetsuya Watari as Seijirô TanakaJunko Toda as Tsuru OgawaTōru Abe as Tsuyoshi KishimotoKinya Kitaoji as Captain SakagamiGō Katō as Toyohiko KagawaKunio Murai as Minoru ÔhamaMeichō Soganoya as Kinzô NagataKin Sugai as OkinAkira ShiojiKamatari FujiwaraMichiko OtsukaMore like this
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