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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

1201020

Hiroko Maki

as Mine Kondô
133512

Tetsuya Watari

as Seijirô Tanaka
1059903

Junko Toda

as Tsuru Ogawa
83640

Tōru Abe

as Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
118982

Kinya Kitaoji

as Captain Sakagami
24548

Gō Katō

as Toyohiko Kagawa
240009

Kunio Murai

as Minoru Ôhama
1171084

Meichō Soganoya

as Kinzô Nagata
110300

Kin Sugai

as Okin
226752

Akira Shioji

as

96552

Kamatari Fujiwara

as

1076218

Michiko Ōtsuka

as

123384

Bontarō Miake

as

552165

Nakajirō Tomita

as

1843388

Kunji Harada

as

1478367

Keiji Sakakida

as

1117087

Shigeo Katō

as

1060036

Yasuzō Ogawa

as

553430

Shōji Ōki

as

2033023

Motoo Noguchi

as

1122714

Shosei Muto

as

129506

Masahiko Tanimura

as

1179098

Kayako Sono

as

125011

Saburo Date

as

234450

Seiji Endō

as

3407364

Mammoth Suzuki

as

1269569

Sanji Kojima

as

1120649

Kanta Mori

as

121191

Kazuo Suzuki

as

1269003

Koji Miemachi

as

Crew

1926036

Shinji Kojima

Lighting Technician
1445334

Kazuo Baba

Producer
1607445

Hideyuki Shiino

Producer
1534577

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Recordist
237159

Masayuki Satō

Producer
563673

Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Editor
1904576

Yoshisuke Kawasaki

Assistant Director
239213

Tai Katō

Director
239213

Tai Katō

Screenplay
931384

Hiroshi Murai

Director of Photography
554991

Hajime Kaburagi

Original Music Composer
1598862

Iwao Akune

Art Direction