The Blossom and the Sword
149 mins
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.
Junko Toda
Tsuru Ogawa
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Recordist
Hideyuki Shiino
Producer
Masayuki Satō
Producer
Shinji Kojima
Lighting Technician
Kazuo Baba
Producer
Yoshisuke Kawasaki
Assistant Director
Hiroshi Murai
Director of Photography
Iwao Akune
Art Direction