Irezumi

A snowy bridge. Footsteps. Otsuya flees her father's house with a clerk, only to find herself prey for a tattoo artist with a demonic vision. Ink blooms on her back, and her fate twists. Masumura's film is a feverish, lurid brand of transgression.

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Yasuzō Masumura directed Irezumi in 1966. See Yasuzō Masumura's full filmography, where to start with Yasuzō Masumura, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yasuzō Masumura.

Irezumi was released in 1966 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 86 minutes.