Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972 · 86 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 334 VOTES · DIR. Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Overview
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiard-hall owner, and after befriending pimp and ne’er-do-well 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. But when a rival gang attempts to muscle in on the club, Nami becomes enmeshed in a violent struggle that forces her to wield a skilled pool cue to defend her uncle’s business, and eventually a short sword to wreak bloody vengeance upon her enemies.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,073 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 TOEI
00:02:59 TSUNEHIKO WATASE
00:07:26 You hear me?
00:10:17 Owada?
00:12:40 Do I have money?
00:15:21 Really?
00:18:13 Pretty much.
00:21:07 Since you're not paying, I'll take this truck instead.
00:23:46 No way. You've never done this, have you?
00:26:51 Wonderful.
00:29:21 Do you? Nothing more, right?
00:32:07 He's not coming.
00:34:35 A straight shooter can't survive in Ginza.
00:37:35 Gee. It's time she straightened up.
00:40:46 What are you doing?
00:44:35 Gentle, but tough.
00:47:32 Your name- Is your name Nami?
00:51:43 Boss, shall we scare her a little?
00:54:20 Why don't you work for us?
00:57:58 He's got Ryu the Third Eye.
01:07:44 You can do it.
01:11:21 Liar.
01:14:13 Mister, will you buy flowers?
01:19:09 I loved you with all my heart