Blind Woman's Curse
Directed byTeruo Ishii
Screenplay by
  • Teruo Ishii
  • Yoshida Sone[1]
Produced by
  • Hideo Koi
  • Shiro Sasaki[1]
Starring
CinematographyShigeru Kitazumi[1]
Edited byOsamu Ionue[1]
Music byHajime Kaburagi[1]
Production
company
Distributed byDainichi Eihai
Release date
  • 20 June 1970 (1970-06-20) (Japan)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
CountryJapan

Blind Woman's Curse (Japanese: 怪談昇り竜, Kaidan Nobori Ryū, lit. Ghost Story Rising Dragon) is a 1970 Japanese ero guro yakuza film directed by Teruo Ishii.[2]

Plot

Akemi (Kaji) 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 and the victim of the slashing go on to seek revenge on Akemi's gang, leaving a trail of dead yakuza girls with their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.[3]

Cast

Release

Blind Woman's Curse was released in Japan on 20 June 1970.[1] It was distributed theatrically in the United States by Toho International on 6 August 1971.[1]

Home Video

Blind Woman's Curse was released on DVD in Region One on 8 May 2007 by Discotech Media.[4]

It was released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video in Region Two on 31 March 2014[5] and in Region One on 21 April 2015.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 384.
  2. ↑ 石井輝男 怒涛の30本勝負. 澁谷文化 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Blind Woman's Curse". Arrow Films. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. ↑ https://a.co/d/fqekwfQ
  5. ↑ https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blind-Womans-Curse-Blu-ray/88766/
  6. ↑ https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blind-Womans-Curse-Blu-ray/115821/

Sources

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.


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