Movielogr
Oiran (1983)
Directed by Tetsuji Takechi
Overview
Ayame, a courtesan, attracts the attention of street vendor Kisuke and decides to run away with him to America. Unfortunately, a crazed tattoo artist is obsessed with Ayame’s perfect skin as a potential canvas, so he kills Kisuke to keep Ayame in Japan. Later, Ayame is sold to a brothel in Yokohama. Kisuke’s ghost possesses her, causing his image to appear tattoo-like on her skin whenever she has sex.
Length 113 minutes
Actors
Takako Shinozuka | Kyoko Asuka | Kozue Azusa | Kyoko Hibiki | Takashi Itô | Saeda Kawaguchi | Allen Keller | Shinji Kubo | Satoshi Mashiba | Rei Matsubara | Akiko Miyahara | Shizu Sakai | Mutsuko Sakura | Taiji Tonoyama | Yuri Yau | Midori Yuzaki | Edward Smith | Alice Brown