Wandering Ginza Butterfly

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 1, 1972

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Meiko Kaji,Tsunehiko Watase,Akiko Koyama,Mieko Aoyagi,Flower Meg,Tomiko Ishii,Yayoi Watanabe,Chie Kobayashi,Rieko Maruyama,Kayako Sonoand 16 more

Director

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

Writer

Isao Matsumoto,Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

Producer

Kineo Yoshimine

Cinematography

Hanjirō Nakazawa

Music

Toshiaki Tsushima

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0934442