
The Blossom and the Sword
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.
Top Cast


Hiroko Maki
Hiroko Maki
Mine Kondô
Hiroko Maki
Mine Kondô


Tetsuya Watari
Tetsuya Watari
Seijirô Tanaka
Tetsuya Watari
Seijirô Tanaka
Junko Toda
Junko Toda
Tsuru Ogawa
Junko Toda
Tsuru Ogawa


Tōru Abe
Tōru Abe
Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
Tōru Abe
Tsuyoshi Kishimoto


Kinya Kitaoji
Kinya Kitaoji
Captain Sakagami
Kinya Kitaoji
Captain Sakagami


Gō Katō
Gō Katō
Toyohiko Kagawa
Gō Katō
Toyohiko Kagawa


Kunio Murai
Kunio Murai
Minoru Ôhama
Kunio Murai
Minoru Ôhama


Meichō Soganoya
Meichō Soganoya
Kinzô Nagata
Meichō Soganoya
Kinzô Nagata


Kin Sugai
Kin Sugai
Okin
Kin Sugai
Okin


Akira Shioji
Akira Shioji
Akira Shioji
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