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.

Cast

Hiroko Maki

as Mine Kondô

Tetsuya Watari

as Seijirô Tanaka

Junko Toda

as Tsuru Ogawa

Tōru Abe

as Tsuyoshi Kishimoto

Kinya Kitaoji

as Captain Sakagami

Gō Katō

as Toyohiko Kagawa

Kunio Murai

as Minoru Ôhama

Meichō Soganoya

as Kinzô Nagata

Kin Sugai

as Okin

Akira Shioji

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