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Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)

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.
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Kazuhiko Yamaguchi profile
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

Director

Isao Matsumoto profile
Isao Matsumoto

Screenplay

Cast

Meiko Kaji profile
Meiko Kaji

Nami

Tsunehiko Watase profile
Tsunehiko Watase

Ryûji

Akiko Koyama profile
Akiko Koyama

Kayo

Mieko Aoyagi profile
Mieko Aoyagi

Saeko

Flower Meg profile
Flower Meg

Yuka

Tomiko Ishii profile
Tomiko Ishii

Kyôko

Yayoi Watanabe profile
Yayoi Watanabe

Chie Kobayashi profile
Chie Kobayashi

Rieko Maruyama profile
Rieko Maruyama

Kayako Sono profile
Kayako Sono

Tōru Yuri profile
Tōru Yuri

Shun Ueda profile
Shun Ueda

Meiko Kaji profile
Meiko Kaji

Nami

Tsunehiko Watase profile
Tsunehiko Watase

Ryûji

Akiko Koyama profile
Akiko Koyama

Kayo

Mieko Aoyagi profile
Mieko Aoyagi

Saeko

Flower Meg profile
Flower Meg

Yuka

Tomiko Ishii profile
Tomiko Ishii

Kyôko

Yayoi Watanabe profile
Yayoi Watanabe

Chie Kobayashi profile
Chie Kobayashi

Rieko Maruyama profile
Rieko Maruyama

Kayako Sono profile
Kayako Sono

Tōru Yuri profile
Tōru Yuri

Shun Ueda profile
Shun Ueda

Extra

Release Date

April 1, 1972

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972) 銀蝶渡り鳥 - Movie Trailer - Far East Films thumbnail
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972) 銀蝶渡り鳥 - Movie Trailer - Far East Films

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