Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
1h 26m
Running Time
April 1, 1972Release Date
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
1h 26m
Running Time
April 1, 1972Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

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

Tōru Yuri

Takeshige Hatanaka
Ôwada's Henchman

Rena Ichinose
Female Prisoner

Yoshiko Iwamoto
Mari

Isao Matsumoto
Screenplay

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Screenplay / Director

Hanjirō Nakazawa
Director of Photography

Yoshiki Nagasawa
Editor

Kineo Yoshimine
Producer

Hiroshi Kitagawa
Art Direction

Hideo Motomochi
Lighting Technician

Mamoru Inôe
Makeup Artist

Toshiaki Tsushima
Original Music Composer

Kenzo Inoue
Sound Recordist
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Details.
Release DateApril 1, 1972
Original Name銀蝶渡り鳥
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Genres
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly (銀蝶渡り鳥, Gincho Wataridori) is a 1972 Japanese gangster film directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, and co-written with Isao Matsumoto. The movie stars Meiko Kaji and Tsunehiko Watase. The movie was followed with a 1972 sequel entitled Gincho Nagaremono: Mesuneko Bakuchi.
Gincho Wataridori.
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