The Flowers and the Angry Waves
Hana to dotô, The Flowers and the Angry Waves, feature film, 1964.
DIRECTED BY: Seijun Suzuki
CAST:
Akira Kobayashi (Kikuji),
Chieko Matsubara (Oshige),
Eimei Esumi (Gorosuke),
Akiyoshi Fukae (Sakurada),
Tamio Kawaji (Yoshimura)
SCRIPT:
Keiichi Abe,
Kazuro Funabashi,
Takeo Kimura
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Kazue Nagatsuka
Synopsis:
In the beginning of the film, Kikuji kidnaps his beloved Oshige just before her wedding with his yakuza boss. A year later we find them living in Tokyo, secretly married. He has left the crime world and works as a miner for the Murata clan, while she is a waitress. Kikuji’s former boss has not forgotten what they did, and sends a hired killer after them. At the same time, Kikuji gets involved in the war between the Murata and Tamio clans.
35 mm, color, 92 min