Wandering Ginza Butterfly (銀蝶渡り鳥) 52 years old
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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Wandering Ginza Butterfly Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Yayoi Watanabe She was 19, now 72 years old | |
| Meiko Kaji She was 23, now 77 years old | as Nami |
| Kōji Nanbara He was 43, 74 years old when he died | |
| Akiko Koyama She was 35, now 89 years old | as Kayo |
| Tōru Yuri He was 50, 78 years old when he died | |
| Tsunehiko Watase He was 26, 72 years old when he died | as Ryûji |
| Tatsuo Umemiya He was 32, 81 years old when he died | |
| Takeshige Hatanaka | as Ôwada's Henchman |
| Rena Ichinose She was 18, now 72 years old | as Female Prisoner |
Wandering Ginza Butterfly Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Isao Matsumoto as Screenplay. | Writing |
| Kazuhiko Yamaguchi as Director. He was 33 (now 87) years old | Directing |
| Kazuhiko Yamaguchi as Screenplay. He was 33 (now 87) years old | Writing |
| Hanjirô Nakazawa as Director of Photography. | Camera |
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (52 years)
- Release day: Saturday, April 01, 1972
- Runtime: 86 minutes