Underplayed Gems

Tattooed Life (1965)

Tattooed Life poster
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.

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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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