Movielogr
The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
Directed by Tai Katô
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.
Length 149 minutes
Actors
Hiroko Maki | Tetsuya Watari | Junko Toda | Tôru Abe | Kinya Kitaoji | Gô Katô | Kunio Murai | Meichô Soganoya | Kin Sugai | Akira Shioji | Kamatari Fujiwara | Michiko Otsuka | Bontarô Miake | Nakajirô Tomita | Kunji Harada | Keiji Sakakida | Shigeo Katô | Yasuzô Ogawa | Shôji Ôki | Motoo Noguchi | Akio Muto | Masahiko Tanimura | Kayako Sono | Saburo Date | Seiji Endô | Mammoth Suzuki | Sanji Kojima | Kanta Mori | Kazuo Suzuki | Koji Miemachi