Tattoo(Irezumi)
Dir: Masumura Yasuzo
Japan, 1966, Japanese, 86mins, DCP
Cast: Wakao Ayako, Hasegawa Akio, Yamamoto Gaku
With Shindo Kaneto’s screenplay and Miyagawa Kazuo’s cinematography, Masumura turns Tanizaki Junichiro’s debut novel into a visually arresting tale of vengeance and betrayal. Delivering another fantastic performance, Wakao plays a young woman who is sold to a geisha house and branded with a spider tattoo, evoking her supernatural thirst for feeding on men and urge for regaining control over her life. In ukiyo-e like imagery infused with darkness, lust and violence, the creation of this fantastically sadistic and resilient woman character is an entrancing blend of power reversal and sexual emancipation.
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Full House 2021-11-27 (Sat)
17:50Full House 2021-12-26 (Sun)
19:30
- Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
- EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
- Chinese Subtitles
- Full House