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Bookmark this pageIrezumi – Spirit of Tattoo (1981)
Director: Yoichi Takabayashi
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From Time Out Film Guide
Once more into the mystique of Japanese sex. This one is about a grizzled old master tattooist who will only work on his subjects while they are in the act of screwing. Both the tattooing and the sex are tastefully sanitised: no blood, no unsightly scabs, no erotic complications. There's lashings of picturesque old Japan, and it all turns into jolly melodrama for the finale, with suicides, murders and revelations of hidden identities.Author: RG
Cast & crew
Director: Yoichi Takabayashi
Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Masumi Kanamura
Cast: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masayo Utsunomiya, Yusuke Takita, Masaki Kyomoto, Taiji Tonoyama full cast
Duration: 108 mins
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