The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
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.
Director:
Tai Katō
Writer:
Tai Katō
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Hiroko Maki as Mine Kondô |
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Tetsuya Watari as Seijirô Tanaka |
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Junko Toda as Tsuru Ogawa |
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Tōru Abe as Tsuyoshi Kishimoto |
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Kinya Kitaoji as Captain Sakagami |
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Gō Katō as Toyohiko Kagawa |
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Kunio Murai as Minoru Ôhama |
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Meichō Soganoya as Kinzô Nagata |
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Kin Sugai as Okin |
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Akira Shioji as |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as |
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Michiko Otsuka as |
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Bontarō Miake as |
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Nakajirō Tomita as |
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Kimiji Harada as |
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Keiji Sakakida as |
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Shigeo Katō as |
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Yasuzō Ogawa as |
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Shōji Ōki as |
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Motoo Noguchi as |
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Shosei Muto as |
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Masahiko Tanimura as |
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Kayako Sono as |
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Saburo Date as |
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Seiji Endō as |
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Mammoth Suzuki as |
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Sanji Kojima as |
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Kanta Mori as |
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Kazuo Suzuki as |
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Koji Miemachi as |
| Production | Kazuo Baba | Producer |
| Production | Hideyuki Shiino | Producer |
| Production | Masayuki Satō | Producer |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Shinji Kojima | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Yoshitami Kuroiwa | Editor |
| Directing | Yoshisuke Kawasaki | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tai Katō | Director |
| Writing | Tai Katō | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hajime Kaburagi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Hiroshi Murai | Director of Photography |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Art Direction |
