Directed by. Audience Reviews for Gincho wataridori (Wandering Ginza Butterfly) (Wandering Silver Butterfly) There are no featured reviews for because the movie has not released yet (). 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 seeks refugee at her uncle’s house and, in trying to keep a low profile, gets a job at a hostess club. The stuff Meiko Kaji does. Intended as the first part in an ongoing series, in the vein of Junko Fuji’s Red Peony Gambler (Hibotan Bakuto) films, Wandering Ginza Butterfly spawned only one sequel, Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler (Gincho Nagaremono: Mesuneko Bakuchi), in which Kaji was paired with Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba. In comparison, billiards movies in which the lead is a woman have an entirely different narrative. 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 Gincho Wataridori. Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. 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. See Movies in Theaters I believe the oldest billiards movie with a female lead is the Japanese “pinky violence” movie Wandering Ginza Butterfly Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. Wandering Ginza Butterfly. Action, Thriller. If anyone could equal Junko, it would've been Kaji Meiko, if she weren't stuffed in such bad scripts as that first episode. Japan, 1972. Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. This captured a trend in Japanese films in the 1970's that were becoming bloodier as the decade progressed. Synopsis. Nami, leader of a juvenile gang, kills an executive member of a yakuza organization due to a territorial conflict and goes to a prison. Synapse Films has rescued Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel from the now-defunct Panik House, just as they did with Horrors of Malformed Men and Snake Woman’s Curse; if you’ve seen either of those releases, you know the amazing quality release you’ll be getting here.Presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, the transfer is top notch. Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. The studio that specialized in tough yet stylish crime movies during the 1970s seems like the natural home for Japan's greatest female crime-action star of the decade, yet Wandering Ginza Butterfly was her Toei debut. Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2 - 1972 The second (and last) film in the Wandering Ginza Butterfly series is a bit rougher and certainly bloodier than the first one. WANDERING GINZA BUTTERFLY (1971) Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi Synapse Films . https://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/wandering-ginza-butterfly 95. Wandering Ginza Butterfly (銀蝶渡り鳥, Gincho Wataridori) is a 1972 Japanese gangster film directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, and co-written with Isao Matsumoto.The movie stars Meiko Kaji and Tsunehiko Watase.The movie was followed with a 1972 sequel entitled Gincho Nagaremono: Mesuneko Bakuchi.
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