Tattooed Life (1965)
Starring Hideki Takahashi, Masako Izumi, Akira Yamanouchi
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
‘Tattooed Life' begins with a parasol wielding Yakuza assassin attacking a rickshaw. It almost looks like feudal Japan until somebody pulls a gun and we're reminded that it's the 20th century. Post-shooting, the assassin delivers his bounty to his brother (to pay for his art school education) before getting ambushed in one of the few rickshaw-jacking incidents in film history, and being rescued by his art-student brother. In the aftermath, one brother is marked for death by the Yakuza, and the other brother won't go to art school with blood on his hands, so they decide the perfect way to deal with such hardships is to become fugitive construction workers in northern Japan . And why not?
Runtime: 87 min.
Rating: 7.1
DVD
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Genres: Action,Crime,Drama,Thriller
Keywords: yakuza,japanese new wave
Cast
Murakami Tetsutaro
Kinoshita Midori
Kinoshita Yuzo
Ezaki Osamu
Murakami Kenji
Oyuki
Kinoshita Masayo
Yamano Senkichi
Tsuneyoshi
Tokuhira
Kiyogimi
Kurosawa
Asakichi
Masayoshi
Patrolman Oikawa
Masakichi
Tomeji
Sutekichi
Tsurumatsu
Anzo
Sailor
Waitress
Waitress