ActionDrama
The Blossom and the Sword
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.
Directed by Tai Katō
77
User score
3 votes
Status
Released
Released
November 17, 1973
Runtime
2h 29m
Language
Japanese
Top cast
Hiroko Maki
Mine Kondô
Tetsuya Watari
Seijirô Tanaka
Junko Toda
Tsuru Ogawa
Tōru Abe
Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
Kinya Kitaoji
Captain Sakagami
Gō Katō
Toyohiko Kagawa
Kunio Murai
Minoru Ôhama
Meichō Soganoya
Kinzô Nagata
Kin Sugai
Okin
Akira Shioji
Kamatari Fujiwara
Michiko Otsuka
Bontarō Miake
Nakajirō Tomita
Kimiji Harada
Keiji Sakakida
Shigeo Katō
Yasuzō Ogawa
Shōji Ōki
Motoo Noguchi
