{"product_id":"wandering-ginza-butterfly-blu-ray-arrow-collection-she-cat-gambler-meiko-kaji","title":"Wandering Ginza Butterfly Blu-ray Arrow Collection She Cat Gambler Meiko Kaji Sonny Chiba","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeiko Kaji cuts a bloody path through yakuza, gamblers, and lowlifes!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Arrow's Blu-ray (Region B) for \u003cem\u003eThe Wandering Ginza Butterfly Collection\u003c\/em\u003e, which includes 1972's \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTokyo: Wandering Ginza Butterfly \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eShe Cat Gambler!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the same year that she defined the action heroine with her role in the \u003cem\u003eFemale Prisoner Scorpion \u003c\/em\u003eseries, Japanese screen legend Meiko Kaji teamed up with future \u003cem\u003eSister Street Fighter\u003c\/em\u003e director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi for a diptych of gambling, deception and violence set on the mean streets of 1970s'\u003cem\u003e Tokyo: Wandering Ginza Butterfly\u003c\/em\u003e and its sequel \u003cem\u003eShe Cat Gambler\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first film sees Kaji's character Nami \"The Red Cherry Blossom\" returning to her old stomping ground in the seedy Tokyo district of Ginza after a stint in prison for killing a yakuza boss. She soon settles in, living in her uncle's pool hall and working at the local hostess club. But when ruthless yakuza Owada (Koji Nanbara, \u003cem\u003e11 Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e) attempts to take control of the club, Nami and her uncle devise a plan to take him down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the sequel, Kaji is paired up with the equally legendary Sonny Chiba at his most charismatic as the streetwise Ryuji, who takes a shine to Nami and decides to help her on her quest to avenge her father. Together they'll comb through every seedy gambling den and lowlife ruffian of the Ginza underworld until Nami finally zeroes in on her prey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeiko Kaji is magnetic as the steely and righteous Nami, whose foray into Tokyo's sordid back alleys is brought to life by Yamaguchi's energetic direction in this electric spectacle of 1970s Japanese crime cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIMPORTANT NOTE: An all-region Blu-ray player is required to view this movie. Standard U.S. Blu-ray players will NOT read Region B discs. 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