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Irezumi (1966)

Irezumi poster
Original title
刺青
Directed by
Yasuzō Masumura
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 58 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in 1910s Tokyo is kidnapped and forced to get a large back tattoo. The tattoo gives her a new sense of power and she uses it to take revenge on the men who wronged her.

tensionpsychologicaleroticstylishdarkobsessiverestrainedvisceral

What happens

Tatouage (刺青, Irezumi) est un film japonais réalisé par Yasuzō Masumura, sorti en 1966 et inspiré des nouvelles Le Tatouage et Le Meurtre d’O-Tsuya de Jun'ichirō Tanizaki parues respectivement en 1910 et 1915. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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