Tattooed Life

{{Short description|1965 film by Seijun Suzuki}} {{Infobox film | name = Tattooed Life | image = Tattooed Life poster.jpg | caption = | director = [[Seijun Suzuki]] | writer = {{ubl|{{ill|Kei Hattori|ja|服部佳}}<ref name="Carroll">{{cite book |last=Carroll |first=William |date=2022 |title=Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema |url= |location=New York City, United States |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |pages=189-190 |isbn=978-0231204378}}</ref>|[[Kinya Naoi]]<ref name="Carroll"></ref>}} | starring = {{ubl|[[Hideki Takahashi]]|[[Masako Izumi]]|{{ill|Yuji Odaka|ja|小高雄二}}<ref name="Carroll"></ref>}} | producer = [[Masayuki Takagi]] | music = [[Masayoshi Ikeda]] | cinematography = {{ill|Kurataro Takamura|ja|高村倉太郎}} | editing = [[Akira Suzuki (director)|Akira Suzuki]]<ref name="Carroll"></ref> | studio = [[Nikkatsu]]<ref name="Carroll"></ref> | distributor = Nikkatsu | released = {{Film date|1965|11|13}}<ref name="Carroll"></ref> | runtime = 87 minutes<ref name="Carroll"></ref> | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = }} {{nihongo|'''''Tattooed Life'''''|刺青一代|Irezumi ichidai}} is a 1965 [[Yakuza film|yakuza]] [[Action film|action movie]] directed by [[Seijun Suzuki]].<ref>日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 第十七章日活任侠道の主柱-全盛期、爛熟期の高橋英樹 p.434-476 襖の向うに開く闇-「刺青一代」 {{ISBN|4624710878}}</ref> The film stars [[Hideki Takahashi]] as "Silver Fox" Tetsu.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkatsu.com/movie/20893.html |title=刺青一代 |publisher=Nikkatsu|access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/017017 |title=刺青一代 |publisher=wow|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%88%BA%E9%9D%92%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3-749790 |title=刺青一代とは |publisher=kotobank|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

==Plot== The story follows the flight of yakuza [[Contract killing|hitman]] Tetsu and his younger, artistic brother Kenji after the latter kills a yakuza boss in a [[Betrayal|double cross]]. The pair is pursued by the yakuza and police as they head for [[Manchuria]]. They are swindled of their money before they can reach their destination and take labor jobs on a tunnel project, falling in love with their new boss's sister-in-law and wife, respectively.

==Cast== * [[Hideki Takahashi]] as Tetsutaro Murakanmi * [[Masako Izumi]] as Midori Kinoshita * {{ill|Kotobuki Hananomoto|ja|花ノ本寿}}<ref name="Carroll"></ref> * {{ill|Seizaburō Kawazu|ja|河津清三郎}}<ref name="Carroll"></ref> * Hiroko Ito<ref name="Carroll"></ref> * [[Kayo Matsuo]]<ref name="Carroll"></ref> * {{ill|Hōsei Komatsu|ja|小松方正}}<ref name="Carroll"></ref> * [[Kaku Takashina]]<ref name="Carroll"></ref> * {{ill|Akira Yamauchi|ja|山内明}} * {{ill|Yuji Odaka|ja|小高雄二}}<ref name="Carroll"></ref> * Hiroshi Chiyoda<ref name="Carroll"></ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0059320|title=Tattooed Life}} * ''[http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1965/co004020.htm Tattooed Life]'' {{in lang|ja}} at the [[Japanese Movie Database]]

[[Category:1965 films]] [[Category:1965 crime drama films]] [[Category:Films directed by Seijun Suzuki]] [[Category:1965 Japanese-language films]] [[Category:Nikkatsu films]] [[Category:Yakuza films]] [[Category:Films produced by Masayuki Takagi]] [[Category:1965 Japanese films]]