The Blossom and the Sword
(1973)
★ 7.7 IMDb · 3 votes
Year: 1973
Runtime: 149 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 加藤泰
Cast: 真木洋子, 渡哲也, 任田順好, 安部徹, 北大路欣也, 加藤剛, 村井國夫, 曽我廼家明蝶, 菅井きん, 汐路章
Plot
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.