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Tattooed Life

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Tattooed Life
Directed bySeijun Suzuki
Written by
Produced byMasayuki Takagi
Starring
CinematographyKurataro Takamura
Music byMasayoshi Ikeda
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • November 13, 1965 (1965-11-13)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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]

Plot

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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, falling in love with their new boss's sister-in-law and wife, respectively.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ 日活アクションの華麗な世界:1954-1971 第十七章日活任侠道の主柱-全盛期、爛熟期の高橋英樹 p.434-476 襖の向うに開く闇-「刺青一代」 ISBN 4624710878
  2. ^ "刺青一代". Nikkatsu. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ "刺青一代". wow. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ "刺青一代とは". kotobank. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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