Tattoo Ari

Tattoo Ari
Tattoo Ari
Japanese	TATOO＜刺青＞あり
Directed by	Banmei Takahashi
Starring	Ryudo Uzaki
Cinematography	Yuichi Nagata
Edited by	Junichi Kikuchi
Distributed by	Art Theater Guild (ATG) / Takahashi Pro
Release date	June 5, 1982;
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Tattoo Ari (TATTOO＜刺青＞あり) is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Banmei Takahashi. The film was based on the life of Akiyoshi Umekawa.^[1]

Cast[]

Ryudo Uzaki as Akio Takeda
Keiko Sekine as Michiyo
Misako Watanabe (渡辺美佐子) as Sadako Takeda
Ayako Ōta (太田あや子) as Miyoko
Yoshiko Osimi (忍海よしこ) as Satoko
Jirō Yabuki / Jirō Chiba (矢吹二朗) as Teruya Shimada
Shirō Shimomoto as Sato
Hitoshi Ueki as President
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Michiyo's new lover
Maiko Kazama as Sanae

Background[]

Director Banmei Takahashi was at this point a veteran director of pink films with a resume of about 40 movies. This film in the action genre represents a new direction for Takahashi. Tattoo Ari was a critical and box-office hit and with his award for Best Director from the Yokohama Film Festival launched Takahashi on a mainstream career.^[2] The female lead in Tattoo Ari, Keiko Sekine, was Banmei Takahashi's wife and later acted under the name Keiko Takahashi.^[3]

Awards and nominations[]

4th Yokohama Film Festival^[4]

Won: Best Director - Banmei Takahashi
Won: Best Actor - Ryudo Uzaki (宇崎竜童)
3rd Best Film^[5]

References[]

^ Morioka, Toshiyuki. 森岡流名前のつけ方 (in Japanese). Straydog. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 427. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
^ Weisser, p.234
^ 第４回ヨコハマ映画祭１９８２年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
^ １９８２年度日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-01-14.

External links[]

Tattoo Ari at IMDb

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[1] Morioka, Toshiyuki. 森岡流名前のつけ方 (in Japanese). Straydog. Retrieved February 15, 2011.

[2] Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 427. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.

[3] Weisser, p.234

[4] 第４回ヨコハマ映画祭１９８２年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-14.

[5] １９８２年度日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-01-14.

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