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Flames of Blood (1981)
Directed by Tai Katô
Overview
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he’s a gambler/bakuto). After he kills someone and gets wound, is saved by a blind woman (Mitsuko Baishô), who took care of him. They has a happy time under the protection of the Tomisaburo Wakayama character, an oybun. But of course, happy time doesn’t last long. The story is also related to Okada Izo and the Shinsengumi (w/ Kondo Isami played by Makoto Sato)
Length 147 minutes
Actors
Bunta Sugawara | Mitsuko Baisho | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Hiroko Sakuramachi | Kôkichi Takada | Tamao Nakamura | Tetsurō Tamba | Taishi Arai | Ryumei Azuma | Tatsuo Endô | Makoto Fujita | Kanbi Fujiyama | Gorô Ibuki | Nobuo Kawai | Yûsuke Kawazu | Megumi Kitagawa | Akiko Kitamura | Shingo Kiyokawa | Tomiyuki Kunihiro | Junji Kurata | Naoya Makoto | Makoto Matsuzaki | Yasuhiro Minakami | Hiroshi Nawa | Ichirô Ogura | Hachirô Oka | Makoto Satō | Akira Shioji | Kin Sugai | Nario Takayama | Haruo Tanaka | Masahiko Tanimura | Ryutaro Otomo