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movie
1973
🌐 ja
⏱ 2 h 29 min
The Blossom and the Sword
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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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Creators
Cast
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Hiroko Maki
actor
Tetsuya Watari
actor
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Junko Toda
actor
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Toru Abe
actor
Kinya Kitaoji
actor
Gō Katō
actor
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Kunio Murai
actor
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Meichō Soganoya
actor
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Kin Sugai
actor
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Akira Shioji
actor
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Kamatari Fujiwara
actor
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Michiko Ōtsuka
actor
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Bontarō Miake
actor
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Nakajirō Tomita
actor
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Kunji Harada
actor
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Keiji Sakakida
actor
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Shigeo Katō
actor
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Yasuzō Ogawa
actor
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Shōji Ōki
actor
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Motoo Noguchi
actor
