Wandering Ginza Butterfly

Original title: Ginchô wataridori

1972
1h 26m

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Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.

Director
- Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Writers
- Isao Matsumoto
- Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
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6.7/10

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Director
- Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Writers
- Isao Matsumoto
- Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
GINJO series. #1 of 2 films.

Connections
Featured in Butterfly and Scorpion: An Appreciation of Meiko Kaji (2009)

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3/10

A failed combination "weepie"/yakuza flick.

Meiko Kaji has been great in a number of films, but even she can't save this film from an uninspired script and wholly lackluster direction. The story is a combination of a womens' "weepie" about the protagonist's trials and tribulations after serving a three-year prison hitch, and though the DVDs packaging would lead one to believe it's an action-packed story about a yakuza chick who's very handy with a sword, there is no action whatsoever until the last ten minutes or so, and what little we get is just not worth the uninvolving buildup. I love Japanese cinema and have endured far worse than WANDERING GINZA BUTTERFLY, but its overwhelming mediocrity dooms it to the "I have better things to do than watch this" category. Skip this and check out Kaji in the vastly superior LADY SNOWBLOOD. You won't be disappointed by that one!