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Wandering Ginza Butterfly

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

IMDB:

6.7
Wandering Ginza Butterfly

Released

4/1/1972

Duration

1h 26m

Genre

Action, Thriller

Country

Japan

Cast

Meiko Kaji, Tsunehiko Watase, Akiko Koyama

Overview

Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiard-hall owner, and after befriending pimp and ne’er-do-well Ryuji (Tsunehiko Watase), she gets a job working at a hostess club in the chic Ginza neighborhood, where the expensive shops and neon lights conceal a dark world of crime and sexual slavery. But when a rival gang attempts to muscle in on the club, Nami becomes enmeshed in a violent struggle that forces her to wield a skilled pool cue to defend her uncle’s business, and eventually a short sword to wreak bloody vengeance upon her enemies.

Cast

Meiko Kaji

Nami

Meiko Kaji

Tsunehiko Watase

Ryûji

Tsunehiko Watase

Akiko Koyama

Kayo

Akiko Koyama

Mieko Aoyagi

Saeko

Mieko Aoyagi

Flower Meg

Yuka

Flower Meg

Tomiko Ishii

Kyôko

Tomiko Ishii

Yayoi Watanabe

Unknown Role

Yayoi Watanabe

Chie Kobayashi

Unknown Role

Chie Kobayashi

Rieko Maruyama

Unknown Role

Rieko Maruyama

Kayako Sono

Unknown Role

Kayako Sono

Tōru Yuri

Unknown Role

Tōru Yuri

Shun Ueda

Unknown Role

Shun Ueda

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