Plakat — The Blossom and the Sword

The Blossom and the Sword

日本侠花伝

1973 · 2h 29min★ 7.0
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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.

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Cast

Hiroko Maki

Hiroko Maki

Mine Kondô

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Seijirô Tanaka

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Junko Toda

Tsuru Ogawa

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Tsuyoshi Kishimoto

Kinya Kitaoji

Kinya Kitaoji

Captain Sakagami

Gō Katō

Gō Katō

Toyohiko Kagawa

Creators

Directed by

Tai Katō

Tai Katō

Written by

Tai Katō

Tai Katō

Cinematography

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Hiroshi Murai

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