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Director:
Teruo Ishii
Writers:
Teruo Ishii (writer)
Chusei Sone (writer)
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Release Date:
6 August 1971 (USA) more
Plot:
Akemi and the man of her clan confront their opponents; Akemi delivers a sword thrust to kill the opponents' leader... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Meiko Kaji ... Akemi Tachibana
Hoki Tokuda ... Aiko Gouda
Makoto Satô ... Tani Shouichi
Yoshi Kato ... Jutaro Mitsui
Yuzo Harumi
Toru Abe ... Dobashi
Shirô Otsuji ... Senba-tatsu
Hideo Sunazuka ... Kantaro
Yôko Takagi ... Chie-chan
Ryohei Uchida ... Aozora
Akira Takahashi
Tatsumi Hijikata ... Hunchback dancer
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Toshizô Kudô
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Cat's Revenge (International: English title) (DVD title)
Strange Tales of Dragon Tattoo (International: English title) (literal title)
The Blind Woman's Curse (USA) (original subtitled version)
The Haunted Life of a Dragon-Tattooed Lass (International: English title) (informal title)
The Tattooed Swordswoman (International: English title)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color (Fujicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Nikkatsu more

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Plot summary and review, 26 July 1999
Author: turvy from San Fransisco, ca., USA

It's been a long time since I've seen this movie but I remember the plot as follows;

A woman in a cell in jail is being assaulted by other women inmates who draw back in fright when they rip her kimona off to reveal a tattoo of the head of a dragon, recognised by the inmates as having extraordinary significance.

She is the "Head" of an infamous group of swordfighters.All the other inmates want to know how she ended up imprisoned. The remainder of the movie recounts the exploits of a band of brigands who fight together against overwelming odds always starting and regrouping by standing together shoulder to shoulder, kimonos down, wriggling shoulders to make the full dragon tattoo (of which they each have a portion thereof) wriggle. The story is interspersed with various sexual exploits and goofy slapstick comedy, yet maintains a tense action-packed roller coster ride right to the end.

I only saw it the one time and yearn to see it again.

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