Rope and Skin

Overview

Okoma (Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his daughter is having trouble keeping things in line against the rival gang headed by the men who killed her father. Okoma decides to avenge her former boss and help his daughter, a former friend of hers. She recruits her own gang, starting with an expert knife-fighter, her former lover. After a fight, the new Gang Leader captures and tortures Okoma sadistically.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 21, 1979

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Cast

Naomi Tani,Tatsuya Hamaguchi,Hitoshi Takagi,Shōhei Yamamoto,Yuri Yamashina,Junko Miyashita,Ren Seidō

Director

Shōgorō Nishimura

Writer

Oniroku Dan,Isao Matsumoto

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0287396