

Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972 Directed by Kazuhiko YamaguchiGang 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.

Meiko Kaji
....................................................Nami

Tsunehiko Watase
....................................................Ryûji

Akiko Koyama
....................................................Kayo
Mieko Aoyagi
....................................................Saeko

Flower Meg
....................................................Yuka

Tomiko Ishii
....................................................Kyôko

Yayoi Watanabe
....................................................Director
...........................................................Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Producer
...........................................................Kineo Yoshimine
Screenplay
...........................................................Isao Matsumoto
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Original Music Composer
...........................................................Toshiaki Tsushima
Director of Photography
...........................................................Hanjirō Nakazawa
Lighting Technician
...........................................................Hideo Motomochi
Production Companies
...................................................Toei Company
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Action
Thriller
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