Tattooed Life (1965)

- Original title
- 刺青一代
- Directed by
- Seijun Suzuki
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

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How it feels
A yakuza enforcer named Tetsu is on the run after a job goes wrong. He tries to hide out in a small mining town but his past catches up with him.
stylishviolentintensebroodingmoodymelodramaticgrittyvisceral
What happens
Tattooed Life (刺青一代, Irezumi ichidai) is a 1965 yakuza action movie directed by Seijun Suzuki. The film stars Hideki Takahashi as "Silver Fox" Tetsu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Mission to Annihilate the Underworld (1965)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.
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