Irezumi

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 27, 1982

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama,Yūsuke Takita,Naomi Shiraishi,Harue Kyō,Masaki Kyomoto,Mariko Miyajima,Taiji Tonoyama,Masayo Utsunomiya

Director

Yoichi Takabayashi

Writer

Baku Akae,Chiho Katsura

Producer

Yasuyoshi Tokuma,Masayuki Motomochi,Masumi Kanamaru,Yoshiaki Saito

Cinematography

Hideo Fujii

Music

Masaru Satō

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0084153