Irezumi
6.9(60) 1966-01-15 86 minCrimeDramaThriller
Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of another man, radically altering her relationships with all around her as her personality seems to transform under its influence.
DirectorYasuzō Masumura
Original Music ComposerHikaru Hayashi
ScreenplayKaneto Shindō
ProducerHiroshi Ozawa
Cast & characters
Ayako Wakao
as Otsuya
Akio Hasegawa
as Shinsuke
Gaku Yamamoto
as Tattoo Artist Seikichi
Kei Satō
as Hatamoto Serizawa
Fujio Suga
as Kenji
Asao Uchida
as Tokubei
Reiko Fujiwara
as Otaki
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Kikue Mōri
as Shinsuke's Mother
Jun Fujikawa
as —
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Tadashi Iwata
as —
Gen Kimura
as —
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Kazuo Mortuchi
as —
Shōzō Nanbu
as —
Kimiko Tachibana
as —
