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Rating: 8 stars

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Japan tattoo murder

All movies seen on 01/19/2015

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Irezumi (1966)

Directed by Yasuzô Masumura

Drama

Overview

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.

Length 86 minutes

Actors

Ayako Wakao | Akio Hasegawa | Gaku Yamamoto | Kei Satō | Fujio Suga | Asao Uchida | Reiko Fujiwara | Kikue Môri | Jun Fujikawa | Tadashi Iwata | Gen Kimura | Kazuo Moriuchi | Shôzô Nanbu | Kimiko Tachibana

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

This is my kind of movie.

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