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The Blossom and the Sword
The Blossom and the Sword

The Blossom and the Sword

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ActionDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

149 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

17 November 1973

Country

Japan

Cast

Hiroko Maki

Hiroko Maki

Mine Kondô

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Seijirô Tanaka

Junko Toda

Junko Toda

Tsuru Ogawa

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Tsuyoshi Kishimoto

Kinya Kitaoji

Kinya Kitaoji

Captain Sakagami

Gō Katō

Gō Katō

Toyohiko Kagawa

Kunio Murai

Kunio Murai

Minoru Ôhama

Meichō Soganoya

Meichō Soganoya

Kinzô Nagata

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Okin

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Michiko Ōtsuka

Michiko Ōtsuka

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Nakajirō Tomita

Nakajirō Tomita

Kunji Harada

Kunji Harada

Keiji Sakakida

Keiji Sakakida

Shigeo Katō

Shigeo Katō

Yasuzō Ogawa

Yasuzō Ogawa

Shōji Ōki

Shōji Ōki

Motoo Noguchi

Motoo Noguchi

Shosei Muto

Shosei Muto

Masahiko Tanimura

Masahiko Tanimura

Kayako Sono

Kayako Sono

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Seiji Endō

Seiji Endō

Mammoth Suzuki

Mammoth Suzuki

Sanji Kojima

Sanji Kojima

Kanta Mori

Kanta Mori

Kazuo Suzuki

Kazuo Suzuki

Koji Miemachi

Koji Miemachi

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