A Tattooed Life ( Irezumi ichidai ) ( Life of a Tattooed Man (White Tiger Tattoo) )

A Tattooed Life (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Irezumi ichidai
Alternate Title: Life of a Tattooed Man (White Tiger Tattoo)
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Seijun Suzuki

Written By:
Kinya Naoi
Kei Hattori

Actors:
Hideki Takahashi ..... Murakami Tetsutaro
Akira Yamauchi ..... Kinoshita Yuzo
Hiroko Itô ..... Kinoshita Masayo
Masako Izumi ..... Kinoshita Midori
Kayo Matsuo ..... Oyuki
Hôsei Komatsu ..... Yamano Senkichi
Yuji Odaka ..... Ezaki Osamu
Michio Hino ..... Tokuhira
Hiroshi Chiyoda ..... Zensuke
Hiroshi Chô ..... Masayoshi
Kotobuki Hananomoto ..... Murakami Kenji
Kosuke Hisamatsu ..... Patrolman Oikawa
Masaaki Honme ..... Tsurumatsu
Take Ikezawa ..... Head Longshoreman
Seizaburô Kawazu ..... Akamatsu Jugoro

Synopsis:

A convicted Yakuza felon is forced to decide between his own safety and the protection of his good-natured, devoted younger brother. Choosing the latter, both brothers flee to a remote mining town in the hopes of finding work and solace from the police. Their career choice brings them into contact with the motley and volatile crew of mine workers, each seemingly with a similarly notorious background. In spite of the elder brother's relentless efforts to keep them both out of harm's way, once the younger brother becomes fixated on the exemplar beauty of boss's wife, all hell breaks loose. This early film by renowned director Suzuki Seijun brings classic depictions of Yakuza nobility and Japanese humanism to the fore. Definitely worth checking out!

Hired killer Tetsu wants to retire from life as a hitman but the partners of his last kill have other ideas. Tetsu's brother Kenji tries to help, but when a yakuza is killed both brothers flee to China and hide as workers on a construction site. The yakuza will not rest until the brothers are found and bloody vengeance follows. With one of the screen's best final showdowns, maverick director Suzuki Seijun takes on a yakuza underworld adventure.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 26 March, 2012.