Wandering Ginza Butterfly

– Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to pri..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 26 Minutes
Release Year:
1972
Original Name:
銀蝶渡り鳥
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972) - Also known as 銀蝶渡り鳥

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.

Producing Country:
Genre:
Release Date:

25 Oct 1972

Language:

Japanese

Director:

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

Writer:

Isao Matsumoto (screenplay), Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Meiko Kaji, Shin'ichi Chiba, Shingo Yamashiro, Fujio Suga

Plot:

Nami(played by Meiko Kaji) returns to Tokyo to find the man who killed her father 13 years ago. On the way she saves a young woman named Hanae who's father had sold her for prostitution. But by doing this noble thing she becomes involved with Yakuza gang who doesn't want to let their property go and wants to keep a tight control over the Ginza district. With the help of Ryuji(played by Sonny Chiba) she has to find the man who killed her father and deal with the Yakuza threat.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10