1982
5.7 (11 votes)
1h 42m
Genres
Romance
Drama
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Irezumi (雪華葬刺し)
A mystery of obsession ... a film of exquisite beauty.
Overview
To satisfy her lover's fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in eloborate tattoos by Kyogoro, an old craftsman. Kyogoro has developed a special technique, by which his assistant, Harutsune, keeps Katsuko's mind off the pain while Kyogoro does his work. After the work is done, Harutsune makes the shocking discovery of how Kyogoro mastered his technique.
Key Crew
Director: Yoichi Takabayashi
Screenplay: Chiho Katsura
Producer: Masayuki Motomochi, Yoshiaki Saito
Director of Photography: Hideo Fujii
Top Cast
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Kyogoro
Yūsuke Takita
Fujieda
Naomi Shiraishi
Haruna
Harue Kyō
Katsuko
Masaki Kyomoto
Harutsune
Mariko Miyajima
Taiji Tonoyama
Horiatsu
Masayo Utsunomiya
Akane
