Wandering Ginza Butterfly (銀蝶渡り鳥) 52 years old

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

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 poster
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (52 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, April 01, 1972
  • Runtime: 86 minutes