Tattooed Life

Tattooed Life
Directed by	Seijun Suzuki
Written by	Kei Hattori Kinya Naoi
Produced by	Masayuki Takagi
Starring	Hideki Takahashi Masako Izumi Yuji Odaka
Cinematography	Kurataro Takamura
Music by	Masayoshi Ikeda
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	November 13, 1965 (1965-11-13)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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

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

• Hideki Takahashi as Tetsutaro Murakanmi
• Masako Izumi as Midori Kinoshita
• Kayo Matsuo
• Kaku Takashina
• Akira Yamauchi

References

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.

External links

• Tattooed Life at IMDb
• Tattooed Life (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database