Blind Woman's Curse
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Directed by | Teruo Ishii |
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Cinematography | Shigeru Kitazumi[1] |
Edited by | Osamu Ionue[1] |
Music by | Hajime Kaburagi[1] |
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Distributed by | Dainichi Eihai |
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Running time | 84 minutes[1] |
Country | Japan |
Blind Woman's Curse (Japanese: 怪談昇り竜, Kaidan Nobori Ryū, lit. Ghost Story Rising Dragon) is a 1970 Japanese ero guro yakuza film directed by Teruo Ishii.[2]
Plot
[edit]Akemi (Kaji) is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang, Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat and the victim of the slashing go on to seek revenge on Akemi's gang, leaving a trail of dead yakuza girls with their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Meiko Kaji - Akemi Tachibana
- Hoki Tokuda - Aiko Goda
- Makoto Satō - Tani
- Hideo Sunazuka - Kantaro
- Shirō Otsuji - Senba-tatsu
- Ryōhei Uchida as Aozora
- Toru Abe - Dobashi
- Tatsumi Hijikata - Ushimatsu, Hunchback dancer
Release
[edit]Blind Woman's Curse was released in Japan on 20 June 1970.[1] It was distributed theatrically in the United States by Toho International on 6 August 1971.[1]
Home Video
[edit]Blind Woman's Curse was released on DVD in Region One on 8 May 2007 by Discotech Media.[4]
It was released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video in Region Two on 31 March 2014[5] and in Region One on 21 April 2015.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Galbraith IV 1996, p. 384.
- ^ 石井輝男 怒涛の30本勝負. 澁谷文化 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Blind Woman's Curse". Arrow Films. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://a.co/d/fqekwfQ [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blind-Womans-Curse-Blu-ray/88766/ [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blind-Womans-Curse-Blu-ray/115821/ [bare URL]
Sources
[edit]- Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
External links
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