The Blossom and the Sword
1973
Action
Drama
Overview
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.
Cast
Hiroko Maki
Mine Kondô
Tetsuya Watari
Seijirô Tanaka
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
Directors
Tai Katō
