Rope and Skin (1979)
Original title: 団鬼六 縄と肌
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Okoma (literally, Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his daughter is having trouble keeping things in line against the rival gang headed by the men who killed her father. Okoma decides to avenge her former boss and help his daughter, a former friend of hers. She recruits her own gang, starting with an expert knife-fighter, her former lover. After a fight, the new Gang Leader captures and tortures Okoma sadistically.
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Naomi TaniOkomaTatsuya HamaguchiKenzo
Hitoshi TakagiTsunekichi Ishioka (as Kin Takagi)
Shōhei YamamotoYutaro Hanai
Yuri YamashinaYukiyo
Junko MiyashitaChiyoRen SeidōSeijiKeywords
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What is Rope and Skin about?
Okoma (literally, Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his daughter is having trouble keeping things in line against the rival gang headed by the men who killed her father. Okoma decides to avenge her former boss and help his daughter, a former friend of hers. She recruits her own gang, starting with an expert knife-fighter, her former lover. After a fight, the new Gang Leader captures and tortures Okoma sadistically.
How long is Rope and Skin?
Rope and Skin has a runtime of 70 minutes.