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The Blossom and the Sword

7.667 average rating
7.667
Japanese / 149 MIN. / 1973

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Hiroko MakiTetsuya WatariJunko TodaTōru AbeKinya KitaojiGō KatōKunio MuraiMeichō SoganoyaKin SugaiAkira ShiojiKamatari FujiwaraMichiko OtsukaBontarō MiakeNakajirō TomitaKimiji HaradaKeiji SakakidaShigeo KatōYasuzō OgawaShōji ŌkiMotoo NoguchiShosei MutoMasahiko TanimuraKayako SonoSaburo DateSeiji EndōMammoth SuzukiSanji KojimaKanta MoriKazuo SuzukiKoji Miemachi

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