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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.

Details

Release Date: April 1, 1972

Runtime: 86 minutes

Genres: Action, Thriller

Rating: 6.6/10 (17 votes)


Gincho Wataridori

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Cast

  • Meiko Kaji

    Meiko Kaji

    Nami

  • Tsunehiko Watase

    Tsunehiko Watase

    Ryûji

  • Akiko Koyama

    Akiko Koyama

    Kayo

  • Flower Meg

    Flower Meg

    Yuka

  • Tomiko Ishii

    Tomiko Ishii

    Kyôko

  • Yayoi Watanabe

    Yayoi Watanabe

  • Rieko Maruyama

    Rieko Maruyama

  • Kayako Sono

    Kayako Sono

  • Tōru Yuri

    Tōru Yuri

  • Shun Ueda

    Shun Ueda

  • Matasaburô Niwa

    Matasaburô Niwa

  • Gen Shimizu

    Gen Shimizu

  • Kôji Nanbara

    Kôji Nanbara

  • Tatsuo Umemiya

    Tatsuo Umemiya

  • Rena Ichinose

    Rena Ichinose

    Female Prisoner

  • Yoshiko Iwamoto

    Yoshiko Iwamoto

    Mari

  • Haruo Tanaka

    Haruo Tanaka

  • Gōzō Sōma

    Gōzō Sōma

  • Iwao Dan

    Iwao Dan