Flames of Blood

Name: Flames of Blood
Director: Tai Katō
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1981-05-09
Duration: 147 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Mitsuko Baisho, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Kōkichi Takada

Original title: 炎のごとく

8.0(2)19812h 27mJA

Directed by Tai Katō

The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and shelter. As their lives become intertwined, they attempt to find a sense of peace and domesticity while caught in the crossfire of the violent Bakumatsu revolution.