Winter's Flower (1978)
冬の華
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!
- Date of release
- 1978-06-17
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Yasuo Furuhata
Casting
- Ken Takakura — Hidetsugu Kano
- Kinya Kitaoji — Michio Sakata
- Kimiko Ikegami — Yoko Matsuoka
- Kunie Tanaka — Kokichi Minami
- Yoichi Miura — Otohiko Takeda
- Asao Koike — Osamu Yamabe
- Isao Natsuyagi — Michio Tachibana
- Nenji Kobayashi — Kiichiro Hanai
- Rinichi Yamamoto — Goro Otani
- Toru Minegishi — Minaken
- Minori Terada — Takehiko Yamamoto
- Kenji Imai — Tomikichi Ishii
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