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Cast

Hiroko Maki

Hiroko Maki

Mine Kondô

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Seijirô Tanaka

Junko Toda

Junko Toda

Tsuru Ogawa

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Tsuyoshi Kishimoto

Kinya Kitaoji

Kinya Kitaoji

Captain Sakagami

Gō Katō

Gō Katō

Toyohiko Kagawa

Kunio Murai

Kunio Murai

Minoru Ôhama

Meichō Soganoya

Meichō Soganoya

Kinzô Nagata

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Okin

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Michiko Ōtsuka

Michiko Ōtsuka

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Nakajirō Tomita

Nakajirō Tomita

Kunji Harada

Kunji Harada

Keiji Sakakida

Keiji Sakakida

Shigeo Katō

Shigeo Katō

Yasuzō Ogawa

Yasuzō Ogawa

Shōji Ōki

Shōji Ōki

Motoo Noguchi

Motoo Noguchi

Shosei Muto

Shosei Muto

Masahiko Tanimura

Masahiko Tanimura

Kayako Sono

Kayako Sono

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Seiji Endō

Seiji Endō

Mammoth Suzuki

Mammoth Suzuki

Sanji Kojima

Sanji Kojima

Kanta Mori

Kanta Mori

Kazuo Suzuki

Kazuo Suzuki

Koji Miemachi

Koji Miemachi

Crew

Fumio Yanoguchi

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Recordist

Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Editor

Hideyuki Shiino

Hideyuki Shiino

Producer

Masayuki Satō

Masayuki Satō

Producer

Shinji Kojima

Shinji Kojima

Lighting Technician

Kazuo Baba

Kazuo Baba

Producer

Yoshisuke Kawasaki

Yoshisuke Kawasaki

Assistant Director

Tai Katō

Tai Katō

Director

Hajime Kaburagi

Hajime Kaburagi

Original Music Composer

Hiroshi Murai

Hiroshi Murai

Director of Photography

Tai Katō

Tai Katō

Screenplay

Iwao Akune

Iwao Akune

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The Blossom and the Sword

19737.0 / 10149 min
Action, Drama

Overview

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.