Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
Summary:
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.
Action, Thriller
86 minutes
Language: jaToei Company
Japan
Directed by: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Written by: Isao Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Starring: Meiko Kaji (Nami), Tsunehiko Watase (Ryûji), Akiko Koyama (Kayo), Mieko Aoyagi (Saeko), Flower Meg (Yuka), Tomiko Ishii (Kyôko), Yayoi Watanabe, Chie Kobayashi, Rieko Maruyama, Kayako Sono
Released: 1972-04-01