Pulp International - Wandering+Ginza+Butterfly

Mar 11 2018

Just to be clear—we're not referring to the apple.

Above, a little triptych of photos featuring Japanese pinku actress Meg Flower looking like she's had an encounter with Auric Goldfinger. This is the third time we've featured her as a femme fatale but we actually don't know much about her, having seen only one of her movies, 1972's Wandering Ginza Butterfly, in which she was minor support. She has some starring turns, though. We'll try to locate some of those and report back.

Japan Wandering Ginza Butterfly Ginchô wataridori Meg Flower pinku

Vintage Pulp

Feb 19 2013

Slices a tomato so thin you can almost see through it! But wait! There’s more! It also works great on Yakuza!

It’s been a while since we had any Meiko Kaji on the site, so today we have four posters—two normal sized and two panel length—for 1971’s Ginchô wataridori, aka Wandering Ginza Butterfly, and 1972’s Ginchô nagaremono mesuneko bakuchi, aka Wandering Ginza: She-Cat Gambler. Haven’t seen them? Well, in our opinion, part two is vastly better than the first installment, but neither is up to the standard of Lady Snowblood. Still though, there are Yakuza and she kills them. What more could you want? You also get Meg Flower in part one, and Sonny Chiba in part two—both good additions. Kaji is still going strong in show business, by the way, having appeared in nine episodes of the Japanese television series Kekkon Shinai in 2012. We have some extremely rare posters of hers we’ll get to shortly.