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Blind Woman's Curse

1970 · 85 min

A stylish, blood-soaked descent into revenge that feels like a fever dream of tattoos, cats, and severed ties.

Overview: 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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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
violence
crime
betrayal
identity
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: crime, horror, drama, action
Directed by: Teruo Ishii
Written by: Chūsei Sone, Teruo Ishii
Starring: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satō, Hideo Sunazuka, Nobuko Aoki, Shirō Ōtsuji, Tōru Abe, Yôko Takagi
Music: Hajime Kaburagi
Runtime: 85 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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