The Flower and the Angry Waves

1964 Japanese film
  • Keiichi Abe
  • Kazuro Funabashi
  • Takeo Kimura
Produced byTakeo YanagawaStarring
  • Akira Kobayashi
  • Tamio Kawaji
  • Chieko Matsubara
  • Osamu Takizawa
CinematographyKazue NagatsukaEdited byKō SuzukiMusic byHajime OkumuraDistributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • February 8, 1964 (1964-02-08)
Running time
92 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

The Flower and the Angry Waves (花と怒濤, Hana to dotō) is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.[1][2]

Synopsis

A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity of a worker while the young woman becomes a waitress in a restaurant.[3]

Cast

  • Akira Kobayashi – Kikuji Ogata
  • Tamio Kawaji – Kenji Yoshimura
  • Chieko Matsubara
  • Naoko Kubo
  • Kaku Takashina
  • Shōki Fukae – Sakurada
  • Osamu Takizawa

References

  1. ^ 日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 第十六章個と侠の相克-裕次郎、旭、錠の任侠アクション p.408-433 冷たく乾いた夢-「関東無宿」「花と怒濤」 ISBN 4624710878
  2. ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「花と怒涛」の解説" (in Japanese). KOTOBANK. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ "花と怒涛". Agency for Cultural Affairs 日本映画情報システム. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

External links

  • The Flower and the Angry Waves at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Flower and the Angry Waves at AllMovie
  • The Flower and the Angry Waves (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database


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