The Blossom and the Sword
1973Tai 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.
Acted in
Hiroko Maki
as Mine Kondô
Tetsuya Watari
as Seijirô Tanaka
Junko Toda
as Tsuru Ogawa
Tōru Abe
as Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
Kinya Kitaoji
as Captain Sakagami
Gō Katō
as Toyohiko Kagawa
Kunio Murai
as Minoru Ôhama
Meichō Soganoya
as Kinzô Nagata
Kin Sugai
as Okin
Akira Shioji
Kamatari Fujiwara
Michiko Ōtsuka
Bontarō Miake
Nakajirō Tomita
Kunji Harada
Keiji Sakakida
Shigeo Katô
Yasuzō Ogawa
Shōji Ōki
Motoo Noguchi
Shosei Muto
Masahiko Tanimura
Kayako Sono
Saburo Date
Seiji Endō
Mammoth Suzuki
Sanji Kojima
Kanta Mori
Kazuo Suzuki
Koji Miemachi