Otoko no Monsho: Hana to Nagadosu
AKA The Flower and the Sword (1964)
This is one of a series of Man's Mom: Yakuza pictures with Yukiko Todoroki, Masako Izumi and the handsome Takahashi Hideki. This film is directed by Eisuke Takizawa. Unlike the more modern urban Yakuza movies, this has more of a samurai look to it. As most Japanese movies, there's some comedy, drama and even a few singing numbers.
Ryuji (Takahashi Hideki) is a tattooed Yakuza trying to go legit, and always trying to do the right thing by everyone. His mother Ladie Murata (Yukiko Todoroki) is a Yakuza boss. Ryuji has been hired to build a bridge through a village requiring some of the villagers to relocate. A competing yakuza boss and his gang is harassing the villagers to stay put, trying to force the bridge to be built outside of the village.
This is one of a series of Man's Mom: Yakuza pictures with Yukiko Todoroki, Masako Izumi and the handsome Takahashi Hideki. This film is directed by Eisuke Takizawa. Unlike the more modern urban Yakuza movies, this has more of a samurai look to it. As most Japanese movies, there's some comedy, drama and even a few singing numbers.
Ryuji (Takahashi Hideki) is a tattooed Yakuza trying to go legit, and always trying to do the right thing by everyone. His mother Ladie Murata (Yukiko Todoroki) is a Yakuza boss. Ryuji has been hired to build a bridge through a village requiring some of the villagers to relocate. A competing yakuza boss and his gang is harassing the villagers to stay put, trying to force the bridge to be built outside of the village.
