Blue Tiger ( Irezumi )

Blue Tiger (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Irezumi
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Norberto Barba

Written By:
Takashige Ichise
Joel Soisson

Actors:
Virginia Madsen ..... Gina Hayes
Tôru Nakamura ..... Seiji
Dean Hallo ..... Henry Soames
Ryo Ishibashi ..... Gan
Sal Lopez ..... Luis
Yuji Okumoto ..... Lieutenant Sakagami
Harry Dean Stanton ..... Smith
Brenda Varda ..... Emily
François Chau ..... Soya
Henry Mortensen ..... Darin Hayes
Claudia Templeton ..... Nun
Toshirô Obata ..... Kunimatsu
John Hammil ..... Pharmacist
Chris DeRose ..... Detective
Thomas 'Doc' Boguski ..... Coroner

Synopsis:

In this crime thriller, a hit man with the yakuza (Japanese Mafia) is in the midst of a public execution of the leader of a rival group when a woman named Gena Hayes (Virginia Madsen) happens by with her son. The child is killed in the crossfire, and Gena is determined to get revenge. About all she can remember about the killer is he had a blue tattoo of a tiger; after she asks several tattoo artists about it, she's unable to track down the shooter simply on the basis of his body art, but she ends up getting a similar tattoo herself. She gets a job as a cocktail waitress at a bar favored by members of the yakuza, and her tattoo catches the attention of Seiji (Toru Nakamura), a handsome gangster. Gena is interested in him as well, and a torrid romance develops, but she doesn't realize that her new lover is the same man who killed her son. Virginia Madsen's brother Michael Madsen makes a cameo appearance as a gun salesman.

Gena witnesses the murder of her son by a Japanees hit-man. He accidentally shoots the boy during a hit on a rival gang of bus operators. Gena then dedicates her life to revenge, and seeks out the gunman. But are the other (mystical) influences involved ?

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 July, 2007.