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Irezumi (1966)
Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1h 26m
Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of another man, radically altering her relationships with all around her as her personality seems to transform under its influence.
Cast
Ayako Wakao
Akio Hasegawa
Gaku Yamamoto
Kei Satō
Fujio Suga
Asao Uchida
Reiko Fujiwara
Jun Fujikawa
Gen Kimura
Crew
- Director
- Yasuzō Masumura
- Screenplay
- Kaneto Shindō
- Novel
- Junichirō Tanizaki
- Director of Photography
- Kazuo Miyagawa
- Original Music Composer
- Hikaru Hayashi
- Editor
- Kanji Suganuma
- Producer
- Hiroshi Ozawa
Details
- Original title
- 刺青
- Release date
- 1966-01-15
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Daiei Film