Irezumi (Blu-ray)

Directed by Yasuzo Masumura

Starring: Ayako Wakao, Akio Hasegawa, Gaku Yamamoto, Kei Satô, Reiko Fujiwara, Kikue Mori, Fujio Suga, Asao Uchida
Contributors: Kaneto Shindô, Junichiro Tanizaki, Hiroaki Fujii
Studio: Arrow Video
Genre: World Cinema
Main Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 21 Jun 2021
Originally Issued: 1966
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Run Time: 86 minutes

Description

Yasuzo Masumura's tale of feminine revenge in old Japan. The plot deals with a young woman abused by male society who exacts a gruesome revenge. Otsuya (Ayako Wakao) is a young woman of some breeding who is abducted into service at the Geisha house of Gonji.

This leads to a less than favourable run-in with some highly unsavoury male characters the likes of which a girl of her breeding has never seen. When deranged 'irezumi' (tattoo) artist Seikichi (Gaku Yamamoto) get his eyes on her, he thinks he has found the canvass he's been looking for all his life. With the greatest care and using all the skills he has at his fingertips, he needles a huge spider tattoo on her upper back - a tattoo being the ultimate affront to Japanese society.

Gradually, Otsuya finds herself morphing into a low-class predator in the mould of the ones who have brought her to this, and starts taking her deadly revenge on male society, using her fine looks to lure them into her web of carnage.

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