Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)

  • NR
  • 04/01/1972 (JP)
  • Action, Thriller
  • 1h 26m

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.

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

Director, Screenplay

Isao Matsumoto

Screenplay

Cast

Meiko Kaji's headshot

Meiko Kaji

Nami
Tsunehiko Watase's headshot

Tsunehiko Watase

Ryûji
Akiko Koyama's headshot

Akiko Koyama

Kayo
Mieko Aoyagi's headshot

Mieko Aoyagi

Saeko
Flower Meg's headshot

Flower Meg

Yuka
Tomiko Ishii's headshot

Tomiko Ishii

Kyôko
Yayoi Watanabe's headshot

Yayoi Watanabe

Chie Kobayashi's headshot

Chie Kobayashi

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