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A beautiful and strong-headed young woman from a middle-class merchant family is abducted into geisha work and forcibly tattooed with the image of a fearsome spider. Hell-bent on avenging herself on every man who makes a play for her, she takes advantage of her situation to wreak bloody vengeance… Garish and perverse and gleefully proud of it, and striking in its linking of sexuality and violence, the film is also infused with wonderful black humour and a visual style and beauty that is astonishing. Adapted by Kaneto Shindo from the acclaimed 1910 short story by Junichiro Tanizaki. Starring Masumura regular Ayako Wakao (RED ANGEL, MANJI). A dazzling tale of love, lust and the extremes of desire, this is another twisted masterpiece from the director of Blind Beast, Manji and Red Angel.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Otsuya (Ayako Wakao), a beautiful young woman from a middle-class merchant family is abducted into geisha work; one day she catches the eye of Seikichi, a tattoo master who marks her back with a huge, monstrous spider. From this moment on, Otsuya herself becomes a predatory monster, taking revenge on every man who has shared her bed.... Adapted for the screen by legendary filmmaker Kaneto SHindo (Onibaba, Kuroneko) from the unsettling short novel from Junichiro Tanizaki, Irezumi is perhaps the most exquisitely crafted collaboration between Japanese cinema's 'enfant terrible' Yasuzo Masamura and his muse Ayako Wakao. ...Irezumi
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It is a strange review (as below) which claims that this film has no bite. Perhaps they were looking for something closer to the exploitation films of Meiko Kaji. This is a different beast entirely. A dark tragic story and as quoted on the cover "A very special piece of art".
Ayako Wakoa is outstanding as the spirited daughter of a trader who escapes the confines of her stuffy life to be entraped again, this time as a geisha. The forced tattooing of a vicious female spider on her back consumes her and the tattoo seems to become her. She now sucks the souls of men, entices them in and leaves them with nothing.
Wakoa was so believable in this picture that I was shocked to see an entirely different character in Red Angel, another of her combined efforts with new wave director Yasuzo Masamura.
This is a tragic tale in the Greek sense, someone who could have had it all, losing it all because of their own characteristics.
The film is not brooding. It moves along well and holds your attention. The visuals are outstanding, especially the image of the beautiful geisha with the fearfull spider on her back, such a breathtaking juxtaposition.
Ayako Wakoa is outstanding as the spirited daughter of a trader who escapes the confines of her stuffy life to be entraped again, this time as a geisha. The forced tattooing of a vicious female spider on her back consumes her and the tattoo seems to become her. She now sucks the souls of men, entices them in and leaves them with nothing.
Wakoa was so believable in this picture that I was shocked to see an entirely different character in Red Angel, another of her combined efforts with new wave director Yasuzo Masamura.
This is a tragic tale in the Greek sense, someone who could have had it all, losing it all because of their own characteristics.
The film is not brooding. It moves along well and holds your attention. The visuals are outstanding, especially the image of the beautiful geisha with the fearfull spider on her back, such a breathtaking juxtaposition.
Format:DVD
Whilst Hitchcock reaps the plaudits this director takes a plummet from a high sheer cliff into the cold icy waters of public taste. The audience at the turn of the 60's obviously were attuned to a different dynamic.
A revenge movie; exploring male power. The heroine elicits and entices danger. Her beauty is her weapon and her downfall. Kidnapped and engraved with a spider on her back she feels the transformation from a life of idyll into becoming a Geisha. The greed of more powerful men trap her into selling sex. The film explores a psychological journey, unfurling slowly and methodically, the heroine is caught in the web of the sex industry whenever she wriggled the tighter the bonds. After her enslavement she plots her revenge on men. The symbolism is highlighted throughout, a macabre tale of love and lust.
It has a slow, haunting, surreal quality, filmed with a different aesthetic to similar Western films of the era. It is one of the many Japanese new wave films creating a vibrant cultural Japan arising from the ashes.
The new sensibility is based on cynicism. America was still playing cowboys and indians whilst the Japanese were wearing long pants and staring into the collective abyss of darkness.
A revenge movie; exploring male power. The heroine elicits and entices danger. Her beauty is her weapon and her downfall. Kidnapped and engraved with a spider on her back she feels the transformation from a life of idyll into becoming a Geisha. The greed of more powerful men trap her into selling sex. The film explores a psychological journey, unfurling slowly and methodically, the heroine is caught in the web of the sex industry whenever she wriggled the tighter the bonds. After her enslavement she plots her revenge on men. The symbolism is highlighted throughout, a macabre tale of love and lust.
It has a slow, haunting, surreal quality, filmed with a different aesthetic to similar Western films of the era. It is one of the many Japanese new wave films creating a vibrant cultural Japan arising from the ashes.
The new sensibility is based on cynicism. America was still playing cowboys and indians whilst the Japanese were wearing long pants and staring into the collective abyss of darkness.
1 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This came with a different certificate than Amazon advertised and the toned down version lacked bite.
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