Rent Tattooed Life (1965)
3.7 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
- Tetsuo (Hideki Takahashi, Fighting Elegy), a low-level yakuza is double-crossed by his boss and attacked. His younger brother Kenji (Kotobuki Hananomoto, This Transient Life), an aspiring artist with no connections to crime, comes to his aid and kills Tetsuo's assailant. Fearing repercussions from the yakuza they flee to Manchuria where they risk coming under suspicion of rival gangs. Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill) remains loyal to the conventions of the yakuza film, but 'Tattooed Life' contains flashes of his later creative genius, including a final act of explosive visual excess that has become one of the director's all-time classic scenes.
- Actors:
- Hideki Takahashi, Masako Izumi, Hiroko Itô, Kayo Matsuo, Hôsei Komatsu, Seizaburô Kawazu, Kaku Takashina, Kotobuki Hananomoto, Hiroshi Chiyoda, Yôko Yokota, Tessen Nakahira, Zenpei Saga, Michio Hino, Hiroshi Kôno, Hiroshi Chô, Wataru Kobayashi, Shirô Tonami, Hiroshi Takao, Keisuke Noro, Shirô Yanase
- Directors:
- Seijun Suzuki
- Producers:
- Masayuki Takagi
- Writers:
- Kei Hattori, Ai Kennedy, Kin'ya Naoi
- Aka:
- Irezumi ichidai / Life of a Tattooed Man / One Generation of Tattoos / White Tiger Tattoo
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/09/2024
- Run Time:
- 87 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary: William Carroll (author)
- Interviews: Seijun Suzuki (director); Takeo Kimura (art director)
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