
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.
Release Date: 1973-11-17
Action
Drama
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Casts

Hiroko Maki
as Mine Kondô

Tetsuya Watari
as Seijirô Tanaka

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