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Blind Woman's Curse
JAPAN · 1970

Blind Woman's Curse

Teruo Ishii
yakuza revenge tattoo supernatural curse gang violence
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Synopsis

Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.

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