# Tattooed Life > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tattooed_Life > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tattooed_Life.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattooed_Life > Source revision: 1341615638 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1965 film by Seijun Suzuki Tattooed Life Directed by Seijun Suzuki Written by Kei Hattori [ja][1] Kinya Naoi[1] Produced by Masayuki Takagi Starring Hideki Takahashi Masako Izumi Yuji Odaka [ja][1] Cinematography Kurataro Takamura [ja] Edited by Akira Suzuki[1] Music by Masayoshi Ikeda Production company Nikkatsu[1] Distributed by Nikkatsu Release date November 13, 1965 (1965-11-13) [1] Running time 87 minutes[1] Country Japan Language Japanese ***Tattooed Life*** (刺青一代, *Irezumi ichidai*) is a 1965 [yakuza](/source/Yakuza_film) [action movie](/source/Action_film) directed by [Seijun Suzuki](/source/Seijun_Suzuki).[2] The film stars [Hideki Takahashi](/source/Hideki_Takahashi) as "Silver Fox" Tetsu.[3][4][5] ## Plot The story follows the flight of yakuza [hitman](/source/Contract_killing) Tetsu and his younger, artistic brother Kenji after the latter kills a yakuza boss in a [double cross](/source/Betrayal). The pair is pursued by the yakuza and police as they head for [Manchuria](/source/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](/source/Hideki_Takahashi) as Tetsutaro Murakanmi - [Masako Izumi](/source/Masako_Izumi) as Midori Kinoshita - [Kotobuki Hananomoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kotobuki_Hananomoto&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8A%B1%E3%83%8E%E6%9C%AC%E5%AF%BF)][1] - [Seizaburō Kawazu](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seizabur%C5%8D_Kawazu&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E6%B4%A5%E6%B8%85%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E)][1] - Hiroko Ito[1] - [Kayo Matsuo](/source/Kayo_Matsuo)[1] - [Hōsei Komatsu](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H%C5%8Dsei_Komatsu&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9D%BE%E6%96%B9%E6%AD%A3)][1] - [Kaku Takashina](/source/Kaku_Takashina)[1] - [Akira Yamauchi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akira_Yamauchi&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%86%85%E6%98%8E)] - [Yuji Odaka](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yuji_Odaka&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E9%AB%98%E9%9B%84%E4%BA%8C)][1] - Hiroshi Chiyoda[1] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-12) [***n***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-13) [***o***](#cite_ref-Carroll_1-14) Carroll, William (2022). *Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema*. New York City, United States: [Columbia University Press](/source/Columbia_University_Press). pp. 189–190. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0231204378](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0231204378). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [4624710878](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/4624710878) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["刺青一代"](https://www.nikkatsu.com/movie/20893.html). Nikkatsu. Retrieved 10 December 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["刺青一代"](https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/017017). wow. Retrieved 31 December 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["刺青一代とは"](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%88%BA%E9%9D%92%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3-749790). kotobank. Retrieved 31 December 2020. ## External links - [*Tattooed Life*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059320/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - *[Tattooed Life](http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1965/co004020.htm)* (in Japanese) at the [Japanese Movie Database](/source/Japanese_Movie_Database) v t e Films directed by Seijun Suzuki Victory Is Mine Eight Hours of Terror The Naked Woman and the Gun Underworld Beauty Young Breasts Voice Without a Shadow Take Aim at the Police Van Everything Goes Wrong Go to Hell, Hoodlums! Man with a Shotgun Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! 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