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The Blossom and the Sword

The Blossom and the Sword

Tai Katō

1973

  • Action
  • Drama
7.7

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.

Cast & crew

  • Tai KatōDirector
  • Hiroko MakiMine Kondô
  • Tetsuya WatariSeijirô Tanaka
  • Junko TodaTsuru Ogawa
  • Tōru AbeTsuyoshi Kishimoto
  • Kinya KitaojiCaptain Sakagami
  • Gō KatōToyohiko Kagawa
  • Kunio MuraiMinoru Ôhama
  • Meichō SoganoyaKinzô Nagata

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