Blind Woman's Curse

Blind Woman's Curse
Blind Woman's Curse
Directed by	Teruo Ishii
Screenplay by	Teruo Ishii; Yoshida Sone;
Produced by	Hideo Koi; Shiro Sasaki;
Starring	Meiko Kaji; Hoki Tokuda; Makoto Sako;
Cinematography	Shigeru Kitazumi
Edited by	Osamu Ionue
Music by	Hajime Kaburagi
Production; company	Nikkatsu
Distributed by	Dainichi Eihai
Release date	20 June 1970 (Japan);
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Japan

Blind Woman's Curse (Japanese: 怪談昇り竜) is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Teruo Ishii.^[2]

Plot[]

Akemi (Kaji) is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang, Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat and the victim of the slashing go on to seek revenge on Akemi's gang, leaving a trail of dead yakuza girls with their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.^[3]

Cast[]

Meiko Kaji - Akemi Tachibana
Hoki Tokuda - Aiko Goda
Makoto Satō - Tani
- Kantaro
Shirō Otsuji - Senba-tatsu
Toru Abe - Dobashi
Tatsumi Hijikata - Ushimatsu, Hunchback dancer

Release[]

Blind Woman's Curse was released in Japan on 20 June 1970.^[1] It was distributed theatrically in the United States by Toho International 6 August 1971.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 384.
^ 石井輝男怒涛の30本勝負. 澁谷文化 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "Blind Woman's Curse". Arrow Films. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

Sources[]

Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.

External links[]

Blind Woman's Curse at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996384-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 384.

[2] 石井輝男怒涛の30本勝負. 澁谷文化 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[3] "Blind Woman's Curse". Arrow Films. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

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