Irezumi

Irezumi — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 15, 1966
• Runtime
• 86 min
• Genres
• Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Director
• Yasuzō Masumura

Irezumi — Cast

Ayako Wakao Otsuya Akio Hasegawa Shinsuke Gaku Yamamoto Tattoo Artist Seikichi Kei Satō Hatamoto Serizawa Fujio Suga Kenji Asao Uchida Tokubei Reiko Fujiwara Otaki

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Kikue Mōri Shinsuke's Mother