Rope and Skin (1979)
Okoma (Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his daughter is having trouble keeping things in line against the rival gang headed by the men who killed her father. Okoma decides to avenge her former boss and help his daughter, a former friend of hers. She recruits her own gang, starting with an expert knife-fighter, her former lover. After a fight, the new Gang Leader captures and tortures Okoma sadistically.
Director:
Shōgorō Nishimura
Writer:
Isao Matsumoto
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Naomi Tani as Okoma |
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Tatsuya Hamaguchi as Kenzo |
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Hitoshi Takagi as Tsunekichi Ishioka (as Kin Takagi) |
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Shōhei Yamamoto as Yutaro Hanai |
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Yuri Yamashina as Yukiyo |
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Junko Miyashita as Chiyo |
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Ren Seidō as Seiji |
| Directing | Shōgorō Nishimura | Director |
| Writing | Isao Matsumoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Oniroku Dan | Novel |
