In fact, not only is the episodes title a direct reference to the film, but also one of the characters in the episode mentions he. Cult film icon meiko kaji female convict scorpion stars as a former gang leader who must fight to defend her uncles pool hall when a rival gang attempts to muscle in on the business. Top villains in billiard movies golden west billiards. She seeks refugee at her uncles house and, in trying to keep a low profile, gets a job at a hostess club.
Wandering ginza butterfly is a rambling yakuza picture, tonally all over the place veering between silly and dramatic, that primarily has two things going for it. While trying to manage her own life and helping the sick woman she becomes involved in a yakuza scheme to take over the bar she works for. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiardhall owner, and after befriending pimp and neerdowell 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. These films came after wandering ginza butterfly, but show that his technique improved with each subsequent film.
Jun 04, 2011 meiko kaji wandering ginza butterfly 1972. Wandering ginza butterfly 2 shecat gambler trailer youtube. Nami, a young woman, is released from the prison after serving 3 years for killing a man. Considering this sequel to wandering ginza butterfly was made only a year after the first, the difference could not be any more obvious both stylistically and for the compelling performance of meiko. In retrospect, theres just no way for me to appreciate this show except with a fond nostalgia and a healthy dose of condescension.
The fate of the bar lies in a game of threecushion billiards that nami must play against the yakuzas junkie henchman, third eye ryu. Attracting butterflies yearround guide to butterflies. Blues brothers 25th anniversary edition land of the lost movie cash the flintstones collectors edition. Shecat gambler, bringing with her rising action star sonny chiba to clean up the mean streets of ginza. In the 1972 pinky violence film wandering ginza butterfly, the recentlyparoled nami must use her billiards skills to prevent the local yakuza from taking over a bar. Shecat gambler 1971 kazuhiko yamaguchi on allmovie nami meiko kaji is back, and this time the. On the way she saves a young woman named hanae whos father had sold her for. After taking a short break to jump start the female prisoner scorpion series, meiko kaji stepped back into the role of nami, the red cherry blossom, with wandering ginza butterfly 2. Kaji meiko, chiba shinichi, kagawa yukie seeking revenge for the death of her father, nami is now on the hunt for hoshiden. The wandering ginza butterfly series stars meiko kaji as nami, a young female gang leader recently released from prison for murder.
Sentenced to three years in prison for murdering a yakuza member, onetime street tough nami kaji emerges from her prison stint a shamed. Faca parte do filmow e avalie este filme voce tambem. Sister street fighter is better than wandering ginza butterfly and karate bearfighter has sonny chiba fistfight a dude in a bear suit. Wandering ginza butterfly 2 1972 meiko kaji star hannibal barca. Shecat gambler is the follow up to wandering ginza butterfly and sees meiko kaji reprise her role as nami, with a stuttering sonny chiba thrown into the mix and at her side to shake up the crime world once more. Best movies like wandering ginza butterfly bestsimilar.
But you might be surprised to know that theres some significant butterfly activity in every season. Meiko kaji in the lead role as excon nami, and a ferocious, blistering finale, where the swords and squibs come out in style. Shecat gambler 1972 namiplayed by meiko kaji returns to tokyo to find the man who killed her father years ago. Trailer for the toei pinky violence classic starring meiko kaji, directed by kazuhiko yamaguchi. The first film was a very conservatively directed, bythenumbers effort with a subpar storyline focusing on pool of all things. Shecat gambler 1972 this followup to the first butterfly film is quite similar from a narrative perspective, but has a bit more humor thrown into the mixsome of it clever, much of it bordering on slapstick. Wandering ginza butterfly 2 shecat gambler the asian. Wandering ginza butterfly is a film directed by kazuhiko yamaguchi with meiko kaji, tsunehiko watase, tatsuo umemiya, shun ueda. Certainly, one of the first cultural connections was the dick van dyke show episode, hustling the hustler, which aired just one year after the movies release, as part of the cbs sitcoms second season. Wandering ginza butterfly, gincho wataridori is a 1972 japanese gangster film directed by kazuhiko yamaguchi, and cowritten with isao matsumoto. May 09, 2009 but after refreshing my memory of the show with the new 3 disc dvd set the mod squad. On the way she saves a young woman named hanae whos father had sold her for prostitution. May 21, 2009 trailer wandering ginza butterfly 1971 trigons trailers. Mesuneko bakuchi is a 1972 film, which is a sequel to wandering ginza butterfly.
May 19, 2009 the wandering ginza butterfly series stars meiko kaji as nami, a young female gang leader recently released from prison for murder. The film was initially hoped to be the first in a series, but a poor box office showing, due in no small part to the glut of similar films being released at the time, limited the franchise to a single sequel, wandering ginza butterfly. Meiko kaji, tatsuo umemiya, tsunehiko watase, akiko koyama, tomiko ishii, koji nanbara, yayoi watanabe, mari mochida, mieko. From wandering ginza butterfly 1972 a briefly viewed leather suit and 60s style over the knee boots including long closeups. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. This time around, nami is looking for hoshiden, the man who murdered her father and shattered her oncehopeful childhood. Wandering ginza butterfly 1972 directed by kazuhiko. Wandering ginza butterfly is a 1972 japanese gangster film directed by kazuhiko yamaguchi, and cowritten with isao. Kajis first film for toei is wandering ginza butterfly gincho. Wandering ginza butterfly is a crime thriller starring meiko kaji as gang leader nami who returns from a three years stint in prison, after killing a rival yakuza member. She is forced to live with her uncle, a local pool hall owner. Wandering ginza butterfly is a 1972 japanese gangster film directed by kazuhiko yamaguchi, and cowritten with isao matsumoto.
Moonrise media and movies with nick specializes in selling rare and out of print dvds. Stray cat rock series freshly released from a threeyear jail stretch. Summer is peak butterfly season with warm, sunny weather that sends colorful sulphurs, monarchs and swallowtails flitting through our gardens. Wandering ginza butterfly dvd, 2009, the asian cult cinema. In 1971 with the two wandering ginza butterfly films, actress and soon to be eternal cult icon meiko kaji made the switch from nikkatsu studios to toei. Bbc history of world war ii dont go in the woods the forest. The low budget and rushed shooting schedule robbed a lot of the fun from this, but. Out of print is defined as media that is no longer being produced and as such is limited to the number currently in existence. Nami returns to tokyo to find the man who killed her father years ago. Mesuneko bakuchi, in which kaji was paired with shinichi sonny chiba. My name is nobody western english free and full movie henry fonda hd spaghetti western duration. The movie was followed with a 1972 sequel entitled gincho nagaremono. Wandering ginza butterfly 1971 wandering ginza butterfly 2. In addition to its lighter tone, the films visuals are more stylized and energetic, which helps.
Wandering ginza butterfly was one of those hasty projects intended as the first of a series of films that would take up the commercial slack left by junko no longer appearing in new episodes of the red peony gambler. Wandering ginza butterfly 1972 directed by kazuhiko yamaguchi. Gincho wataridori wandering ginza butterfly wandering. Tag popularity top rated top rated popular want to watch release date recently wanted date added. Wandering ginza butterfly 2 1972 meiko kaji star youtube.
If anyone could equal junko, it wouldve been kaji meiko, if she werent stuffed in such bad scripts as that first episode. She becomes a hostess to support a sick woman thanks to whom she was released before her term. Gincho nagaremono mesuneko bakuchi wandering ginza. Take a look at what you might expect to see throughout the year. Synapse films has rescued wandering ginza butterfly and its sequel from the nowdefunct panik house, just as they did with horrors of malformed men and snake womans curse. Meiko kaji, tsunehiko watase, akiko koyama, koji nanbara, tatsuo umemiya director. Upon her release three years later, shes a shamed woman confined to living in the. Back in 2006, the long defunct and sorely missed panik house label announced a partnership with synapse films in which the two genre driven outfits would collaborate on the release of seven toei films. Namiplayed by meiko kaji returns to tokyo to find the man who killed her father years ago. Wandering ginza butterfly is a crime thriller starring meiko kaji as gang.
Once again the transfer is clean and neat, and the subtitles are once again very well done. Im talking, of course, about karate bearfighter and karate bullfighter. The film was directed by kazuhiko yamaguchi, who cowrote it with isao matsumoto. Oct 06, 2012 intended as the first part in an ongoing series, in the vein of junko fujis red peony gambler hibotan bakuto films, wandering ginza butterfly spawned only one sequel, wandering ginza butterfly 2. Gincho wataridori wandering ginza butterfly wandering silver.
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