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The Blind Woman's Curse
Black Cat's Revenge / Tattooed Swordswoman / The Haunted Life of a Dragon-Tattooed Lass

Japan 1970
produced by
Hideo Koi, Shiro Sasaki for Nikkatsu
directed by Teruo Ishii
starring Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Sato, Yoshi Kato, Yuzo Harumi, Toru Abe, Yoko Takagi, Ryohei Uchida, Tatsumi Hijikata, Shiro Otsuji, Hideo Sunazuka, Akira Takahashi
written by Teruo Ishii, Chusei Sone, music by Hajime Kaburagi

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Five years ago, Akemi (Meiko Kaji) was thrown into prison for killing a Yakuza boss who killed her Yakuza boss father. Now she's out again and takes over as leader of the Tachibana clan - but she sees to it that the clan keeps out of criminal activities as good as possible ... however, her right-hand man Tatsu (Shiro Otsuji) has other ideas and soon enough secretly joins forces with the competing lcan led by Dobashi (Toru Abe) and wants to throw the Tachibana clan into a gangwar with the Aozora clan so Dobashi and Tatsu can then take over both their territories.

Before long, Dobashi and Tatsu are joined by a mysterious blind swordswoman who desperately wants revenge on Akemi, who has blinded her and killed her brother 5 years ago, but who actually disapproves of Dobashi's foul play. Dobashi and Tatsu meanwhile have Akemi's men (and women) ambushed and killed in no short supply, and often even put the corpses on display, just to mock Akemi. And while Tatsu more and more wants to rush her into a war with the Aozora clan, she hesitates.

In the meantime, righteous Tani (Makoto Sato), who wants to help Akemi even if she refuses his services, makes some investigations on his own, and soon finds out that Dobashi and Tatsu are indeed behind

all the confusion - but eventually he ends up imprisoned and tortured by Dobashi.

At around the same time, Dobashi also decides it would be better to get rid of the blind swordswoman because she could pose a threat once she had her revenge on Akemi, and he sets a trap for her, one that actually springs - but she's not at her wits' end yet ... 

Eventually, Akemi finds out about Akemi and Tatsu's foul play as well, and she and her (diminished) clan attack Dobashi full force - but being outnumbered, that might be a one-way ticket to hell. And even if she should make it out alive, Akemi still has the blind swordswoman to face ...

 

The basic plot of Blind Woman's Curse is a more or less routine Yakuza tale, but Teruo Ishii's direction makes it look more like a horrorfilm: It's got sadism aplenty, creepily atmospheric filmmaking throughout, it's got a hunchback, a ghostlike creature (the blind swordswoman), plenty of severed limbs, fountains of gore, eerie dream sequences, black cats and whatever else there is ... and Teruo Ishii knows how to make good use of these elements. The outcome is probably the spookiest Yakuza-film there is, and a very weird blend of genres that is definitely worth a look.

Recommended.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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