Irezumi
7.2
Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of another man, radically altering her relationships with all around her as her personality seems to transform under its influence.
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Cast
17 people
Ayako Wakao
Otsuya
Known for
Street of Shame
Floating Weeds
Akio Hasegawa
Shinsuke
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Gaku Yamamoto
Tattoo Artist Seikichi
Known for
I Give My First Love to You
The Eternal Zero
Kei Satō
Hatamoto Serizawa
Known for
Onibaba
Harakiri
Fujio Suga
Kenji
Known for
New Tale of Zatoichi
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Asao Uchida
Tokubei
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Reiko Fujiwara
Otaki
Known for
Zatoichi on the Road
Kikue Mōri
Shinsuke's Mother
Known for
Ugetsu
Sansho the Bailiff
Jun Fujikawa
Known for
Anatahan
The Tale of Zatoichi
Tadashi Iwata
Known for
A Geisha
Return of Giant Majin
Gen Kimura
Known for
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Daimajin
Kazuo Mortuchi
Also in
Zatoichi at Large
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Yasuzō Masumura Director · Kaneto Shindō Screenplay Junichirō Tanizaki Author
First release January 15, 1966 · Produced in Japan · Production Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
刺青
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 15, 1966
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
December 22, 2004 · Theatrical
September 24, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
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