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Yôichi Takabayashi

Irezumi (Sekka Tomurai Zashi)

Edition 1982
109' - 1982 - Drama, Romance - Dialogue: Japanese
Director: Yôichi Takabayashi Composer: Masaru Satô With: Masayo Utsunomiya, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Masaki Kyômoto
To satisfy her lover's fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in elaborate 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.

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Credits

Director

Yôichi Takabayashi

Composer

Masaru Satô

With

Masayo Utsunomiya, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Masaki Kyômoto

Scenario

Chiho Katsura

Director of Photography

Hideo Fujii

Editor

Toshio Taniguchi

Producer

Masumi Kanamori, Yasuyoshi Tokuma

More information

Dialogue

Japanese

Countries of production

Japan

Screenplay based on

"Irezumi" (Baku Akae)

Year

1982

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