Tattoo Ari
1982 film by Banmei Takahashi
Tattoo Ari (Japanese: TATTOO＜刺青＞あり) is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Banmei Takahashi. The film was based on the life of Akiyoshi Umekawa.
Cast
Ryudo Uzaki as Akio Takeda
Keiko Sekine as Michiyo
Misako Watanabe as Sadako Takeda
Ayako Ōta (太田あや子) as Miyoko
Yoshiko Osimi (忍海よしこ) as Satoko
Jirō Yabuki 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. The female lead in Tattoo Ari, Keiko Sekine, was Banmei Takahashi's wife and later acted under the name Keiko Takahashi.
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