Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler

Ginchō Nagaremono: Mesuneko Bakuchi 銀蝶流れ者 牝猫博奕

Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi 山口和彦
Released: October 25, 1972
Distributor: Toei
Screenplay: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi 山口和彦 & Isao Matsumoto 松本功

Starring:
Meiko Kaji 梶芽衣子 as Nami Higuchi
Sonny Chiba 千葉真一 as Ryuji
Junzaburo Ban 伴淳三郎
Fujio Suga 須賀不二男 as Hoshiden
Tamayo Mitsukawa 光川環世 as Hanae
Shingo Yamashiro 山城新伍 as Monjiro
Yukie Kagawa 賀川雪絵
Hideo Murota 室田 日出男

Info:

Sequel to the film Wandering Ginza Butterfly 銀蝶渡り鳥.

According to an interview on the US DVD with Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Chiba's stuttering was the direct result of Yamaguchi insulting his acting. Prompting Sonny to joke that he might as well stutter, to which he replied, "Go ahead, no one will know the difference."

 

Plot:

Picking up a few years after the end of the first film, Nami Higuchi returns as she hunts down Hoshiden, the man who killed her father. Nami saves a prostitute named Hanae from some gangsters by gambling for her, which draws the attention of gang boss Aiboshi. Nami then gets a job as a hostess in a bar run by an old friend, hoping that the clientele might be able to offer some clues as to the whereabouts of Hoshiden. There, she meets Ryuji, a stuttering pimp who is also having trouble with Aiboshi. Nami eventually finds a connection between Aiboshi's gang and Hoshiden and she teams up with Ryuji to take them down and get her revenge.