- Country: Japan
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
- Release: 1973-11-17
- Director: Tai Katô
- Writers: Tai Katô , Akiko Hamura
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Yôko Maki , Tetsuya Watari , Kinya Kitaoji , Gō Katō , Meichô Soganoya , Tōru Abe , Junko Toda , Kunio Murai , Kin Sugai , Miyoko Shibata
- Runtime: 149 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Japanese Chivalrous Flower Story -- Part One: Wild Thistle/Part Two: Blue Peony , Nihon kyôka den: Dai 2 bu - Aoi botan (Japan) , Flower of Darkness , Untamed Flower , Nihon kyôka den: Dai 1 bu - Noazami (Japan) , The Blossom and the Sword , Nihon kyôka den , 日本侠花伝 (Japan)
- Plot: One of director Koto's bloodiest, most evocative, skilfully orchestrated fight scenes, Poetic, gut-wrenching and, at times, very moving.
- IMDB:tt0164436
The Blossom and the Sword Cast · · · ALL
Tai Katô
Director
Hiroko Maki
Mine Kondô
Junko Toda
Tsuru Ogawa
Tōru Abe
Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
Kinya Kitaoji
Captain Sakagami
Gō Katō
Toyohiko Kagawa
Kunio Murai
Minoru Ôhama
Meichô Soganoya
Kinzô Nagata
Kin Sugai
Okin
Akira Shioji
Kamatari Fujiwara
Michiko Ôtsuka
Bontarō Miake
Nakajirô Tomita
Kunji Harada
Keiji Sakakida
Shigeo Katô
Yasuzô Ogawa
Shôji Ôki
Masahiko Tanimura
Kayako Sono
Saburo Date
Seiji Endô
Sanji Kojima
Kanta Mori
Kazuo Suzuki