Rope and Skin

Yakuza without honor. A retired gambler returns to her old gangland stomping grounds after the boss is murdered. She vows revenge and recruits a crew, but gets captured by the rival gang. A vivid, nasty, and forgotten corner of pinky violence.

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Shōgorō Nishimura directed Rope and Skin in 1979. See Shōgorō Nishimura's full filmography, where to start with Shōgorō Nishimura, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shōgorō Nishimura.

Rope and Skin was released in 1979 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 70 minutes.