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The Blossom and the Sword
7.0
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2h 29m
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1973
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.
Cast
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Hiroko Maki
Mine Kondô
![Tetsuya Watari pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FswrCCqAA3F09hBkx81fIUFrIVwr.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Tetsuya Watari
Seijirô Tanaka
![Junko Toda pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Junko Toda
Tsuru Ogawa
![Tōru Abe pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FoLY4lrFDEhGE6uXToMq53Q1kAWP.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Tōru Abe
Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
![Kinya Kitaoji pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FdCm2nipPsxKqJv5fwVcaIBOFkTa.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Kinya Kitaoji
Captain Sakagami
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Gō Katō
Toyohiko Kagawa
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Kunio Murai
Minoru Ôhama
![Meichô Soganoya pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Meichô Soganoya
Kinzô Nagata
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Kin Sugai
Okin
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Kamatari Fujiwara
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Michiko Ōtsuka
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Bontarō Miake
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Nakajirō Tomita
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Kunji Harada
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