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From Teruo Ishii "The King of Cult", Blind Woman's Curse (also known as Black Cat's Revenge) is a thrilling Yakuza film featuring eye-popping visuals, sensat.


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From Teruo Ishii "The King of Cult", Blind Woman's Curse (also known as Black Cat's Revenge) is a thrilling Yakuza film featuring eye-popping visuals, sensational fight sequences and the gorgeous Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Stray Cat Rock), in her first major role. 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.


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Blind Woman's Curse (1970) NR 08/06/1971 (US) Crime, Horror, Drama, Action 1h 25m User Score. Play Trailer; 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.


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The cat would have been an easy go-to, but allow us to offer our own take on the cat's purpose in the film. The cat appears as soon as Aiko is wounded and laps at her blood. The cat then immediately attacks Akemi. To our mind, the cat represents the desire for revenge (blood thirsty revenge) which sets upon Aiko.


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A bizarre blend of the female Yakuza film and traditional Japanese ghost story, with a strong dash of grotesque-erotica, Blind Woman's Curse is a delirious mash-up of classic genre tropes. Film courtesy of Arrow Films and the American Genre Film Archive.


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From Teruo Ishii, BLIND WOMAN'S CURSE is a thrilling yakuza film featuring eye-popping visuals, sensational fight sequences and the iconic Meiko Kaji (LADY SNOWBLOOD) in her first major role. Akemi (Kaji) is a 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.


Blind Woman's Curse (1970)

Blind Woman's Curse's mix of sword opera, Yakuza gangster movie, horror and surrealism is an unbalanced and occasionally frustrating concoction. If the story wasn't out-there enough, Kaji's disappointingly limited screen-time means that there is little holding everything together. The supernatural elements occur so sporadically that they seem.


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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.


Cinema of the Abstract Blind Woman's Curse (1970)

Original Trailer for Teruo Ishii's Blind Woman's Curse, coming to Arrow Video DVD and Blu-ray soon.From Teruo Ishii "The King of Cult", Blind Woman's Curse (.


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Blind Woman's Curse was released in Japan on 20 June 1970. It was distributed theatrically in the United States by Toho International on 6 August 1971. Home Video. Blind Woman's Curse was released on DVD in Region One on 8 May 2007 by Discotech Media. It was.


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Of all the off-beat delights conjured up by the sorely missed Teruo Ishii, The Blind Woman's Curse must surely rank as one of the strangest.Ishii's countless and diverse credits include the Joys of Torture series (Tokugawa Onna Keibatsushi, 1968-'69), the delightful Edogawa Rampo mishmash The Horror of Malformed Men (Kyofu Kikei Ningen, 1969) and the immensely popular Abashiri Prison series.


Blind Woman's Curse Film (1970) SensCritique

Blind Woman's Curse: Directed by Teruo Ishii. With Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô, Hideo Sunazuka. The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.


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The Blu-ray/DVD combo release from Arrow does a terrific job highlighting the artistic style that is dripping from Blind Woman's Curse. The special features on this release are actually a little.


Film Review The Blind Woman's Curse (1970) by Teruo Ishii

Watch Trailer. Akemi Tachibana, a female yakuza boss in the early 20th century, must defend her clan from a blind swordswoman Aiko Gouda, her creepy hunchbacked servant, and a gang of vicious murderers. Edit Translation.


Blind Woman's Curse Film (1970) SensCritique

Blind Woman's Curse Directed by. Teruo Ishii. Cast & Crew. Show all (11) Teruo Ishii Screenplay, Director. Meiko Kaji Cast. Yôko Takagi Cast. Ryôhei Uchida Cast. Chûsei Sone Screenplay. Shigeru Kitazumi Cinematography. Hajime Kaburagi Music. Eisei Koi Producer. Shirô Sasaki Producer. Tatsumi Hijikata Cast.


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There is still something very compelling about "Blind Woman's Curse." Lots of weird, atmospheric moments, haunting images, and splatter. This is a film I will be revisiting with the commentary track. The final confrontation between Meiko Kaji's yakuza boss, and the titular Blind Woman is great cinema, particularly with that exchange.

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