Akio Hasegawa

  • April 16, 2024
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    Kazuo Ikehiro – Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta AKA Mikogami Trilogy II: The Fearless Avenger (1972)

    Kazuo Ikehiro1971-1980ActionDramaJapan
    Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta (1972)
    Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta (1972)

    SUMMARY
    Minor spoilers. Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more of an outcast, Jokichi is asked by another Yakuza boss, Umezo, to guard Oyuki, the wayward daughter of Juzaburo. The tragic consequences of this assignment will lead him into a deadly trap and a final confrontation with Chogoro.
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  • April 7, 2024
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    Yasuzô Masumura – Irezumi AKA Spider Tattoo (1966)

    Yasuzô Masumura1961-1970DramaJapan
    Irezumi (1966)
    Irezumi (1966)

    Quote:
    “Irezumi” (which means “tattoo” in Japanese) is an erotic costume film from one of the bad boys of ’60s Japanese cinema. Director Masumura used a full palette of primary colors (with very vivid reds) to tell us about the story of Otsuya, a beautiful young woman from a middle-class merchant family who is abducted into geisha work, and who catches one day the eye of Seikichi, a tattoo master who marks her back with a huge, monstrous spider. From that moment on, Otsuya will take her revenge with every man who shared her bed.Read More »

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