Tattooed Life

Director: Seijun Suzuki
Genre: Crime Fiction, World cinema, Thriller, Crime Thriller, Crime Drama, Drama, Japanese Movies
Year: 1965
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese Language
Starring: Hideki Takahashi, Akira Yamauchi, Hosei Komatsu, Kayo Matsuo, Yuji Odaka

Tattooed Life (刺青一代, Irezumi ichidai) is a 1965 yakuza action movie directed by Seijun Suzuki. The film stars Hideki Takahashi as "Silver Fox" Tetsu. The story follows the flight of yakuza hitman Tetsu and his younger, artistic brother Kenji after the latter kills a yakuza boss in a double cross. The pair is pursued by the yakuza and police as they head for Manchuria. They are swindled of their money before they can reach their destination and take labor jobs on a tunnel project, each falling in love with the their new boss's wife and daughter, respectively.

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