Tattoo Ari

Tattoo Ari
DVD cover
Japanese name
KanjiTATOO＜刺青＞あり
Directed byBanmei Takahashi
Written byTakuya Nishioka
Produced byKazuyuki Izutsu
Starring
CinematographyYuichi Nagata
Edited byJunichi Kikuchi
Music byRyudo Uzaki
Production
companies
Takahashi Pro
International Television Films
Distributed byArt Theatre Guild (ATG)
Release date
  • June 5, 1982 (1982-06-05) (Japan)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

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.

Awards and nominations

4th Yokohama Film Festival

References

  1. ↑ Morioka, Toshiyuki. 森岡流名前のつけ方 (in Japanese). Straydog. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  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.