Tattooed Life
Appearance
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Directed by | Seijun Suzuki |
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Produced by | Masayuki Takagi |
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Cinematography | Kurataro Takamura |
Music by | Masayoshi Ikeda |
Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Tattooed Life (刺青一代, Irezumi ichidai) is a 1965 yakuza action movie directed by Seijun Suzuki.[1] The film stars Hideki Takahashi as "Silver Fox" Tetsu.[2][3][4] The story follows the flight of yakuza hitman Tetsu and his younger, artistic brother Kenji after the latter kills a yakuza boss in a double cross. The pair is pursued by the yakuza and police as they head for Manchuria. They are swindled of their money before they can reach their destination and take labor jobs on a tunnel project, each falling in love with their new boss's sister-in-law and wife, respectively.
Cast
[edit]- Hideki Takahashi as Tetsutaro Murakanmi
- Masako Izumi as Midori Kinoshita
- Kayo Matsuo
- Kaku Takashina
- Akira Yamauchi
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Tattooed Life at IMDb
- Tattooed Life at AllMovie
- Tattooed Life (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database