Winter's Flower (1978)
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!
Director:
Yasuo Furuhata
Writer:
Sō Kuramoto
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Ken Takakura as Hidetsugu Kano |
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Kinya Kitaoji as Michio Sakata |
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Kimiko Ikegami as Yoko Matsuoka |
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Kunie Tanaka as Kokichi Minami |
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Yoichi Miura as Otohiko Takeda |
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Asao Koike as |
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Isao Natsuyagi as Michio Tachibana |
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Nenji Kobayashi as Kiichiro Hanai |
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Rinichi Yamamoto as |
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Toru Minegishi as |
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Minori Terada as Takehiko Yamamoto |
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Kenji Imai as |
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Bin Amatsu as |
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Mitsuko Baisho as Merry |
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Susumu Fujita as Ryokichi Sakata |
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Masumi Okada as Shinkichi Mie |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Chan |
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Hideji Ōtaki as Ichiro |
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Shōtarō Hayashi as |
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Masataka Iwao as |
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Hiroshi Tanaka as |
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Harumi Sone as |
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Asei Kobayashi as |
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Ryō Ikebe as |
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Junko Mabuki as |
| Directing | Yasuo Furuhata | Director |
| Writing | Sō Kuramoto | Screenplay |
| Editing | Kozo Horiike | Editor |
| Art | Norimichi Igawa | Art Direction |
| Sound | Masayoshi Mizoguchi | Sound |
| Sound | Claude Ciari | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Hanjirō Nakazawa | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Toshiyuki Fujiwara | Assistant Director |