Rope and Skin

IMDb 5.4 1979 70 min Drama

Director

Shōgorō Nishimura

Country

JP

Plot Summary

Okoma (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.

Top Cast

Naomi Tani
Naomi Tani Okoma
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Tatsuya Hamaguchi Kenzo
Hitoshi Takagi
Hitoshi Takagi Tsunekichi Ishioka (as Kin Takagi)
Shōhei Yamamoto
Shōhei Yamamoto Yutaro Hanai
Yuri Yamashina
Yuri Yamashina Yukiyo