11 Nov 1964
The Flower and the Sword
A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful gangster plans to stop the project. By any means necessary.
Top Billed Cast
長門裕之 Masao Katsuragi
芦川いづみ Fumie Yoneyama
南田洋子 Namiko Eda
赤木圭一郎 Hayakawa
梅野泰靖 Jumpei Tateishi
三島雅夫 Yutaka Tachibana
大坂志郎 Akira Kimoto
下元勉 Kurokawa
神山繁 Yura
高原駿雄 Tatsukichi Yoneyama
玉村俊太郎 Detective Tashiro
深江章喜 Detective Okayama
神戸瓢介 Goro
青木富夫 Bota-san
Fumio Shimizu Hatsuko Wakahara Shige (Fumie's Mother)
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