The Blossom and the Sword

Name: The Blossom and the Sword
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1973-11-17
Duration: 149 min

2h 29m·Action, Drama

Directed by Tai Katō·1973

Rate

7.7/10 avg

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.

DirectorTai KatōCinematographyHiroshi MuraiScreenplayTai KatōStudioTOHO

Actor	Role
Hiroko MakiMine Kondô	Mine Kondô
Tetsuya WatariSeijirô Tanaka	Seijirô Tanaka
JJunko TodaTsuru Ogawa	Tsuru Ogawa
Tōru AbeTsuyoshi Kishimoto	Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
Kinya KitaojiCaptain Sakagami	Captain Sakagami
Gō KatōToyohiko Kagawa	Toyohiko Kagawa
Kunio MuraiMinoru Ôhama	Minoru Ôhama
Meichō SoganoyaKinzô Nagata	Kinzô Nagata
Kin SugaiOkin	Okin
Akira ShiojiNot listed	Not listed
Kamatari FujiwaraNot listed	Not listed
Michiko OtsukaNot listed	Not listed
Bontarō MiakeNot listed	Not listed
Nakajirō TomitaNot listed	Not listed
KKimiji HaradaNot listed	Not listed
Keiji SakakidaNot listed	Not listed
Shigeo KatōNot listed	Not listed
YYasuzō OgawaNot listed	Not listed
SShōji ŌkiNot listed	Not listed
MMotoo NoguchiNot listed	Not listed
Shosei MutoNot listed	Not listed
Masahiko TanimuraNot listed	Not listed
Kayako SonoNot listed	Not listed
Saburo DateNot listed	Not listed
SSeiji EndōNot listed	Not listed
MMammoth SuzukiNot listed	Not listed
SSanji KojimaNot listed	Not listed
KKanta MoriNot listed	Not listed
Kazuo SuzukiNot listed	Not listed
KKoji MiemachiNot listed	Not listed

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