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Rope and Skin (1979)

★ 5.4/10 70 min Drama Japan Japanese
Novel: Oniroku Dan
Screenplay by: Isao Matsumoto
Streaming: Not available

Description

Okoma (Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his daughter is having trouble keeping things in line against the rival gang headed by the men who killed her father. Okoma decides to avenge her former boss and help his daughter, a former friend of hers. She recruits her own gang, starting with an expert knife-fighter, her former lover. After a fight, the new Gang Leader captures and tortures Okoma sadistically.

Top Cast

Naomi Tani
Naomi Tani Okoma
Tatsuya Hamaguchi Kenzo
Hitoshi Takagi
Hitoshi Takagi Tsunekichi Ishioka (as Kin Takagi)
Shōhei Yamamoto
Shōhei Yamamoto Yutaro Hanai
Yuri Yamashina
Yuri Yamashina Yukiyo
Junko Miyashita
Junko Miyashita Chiyo
Ren Seidō Seiji

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