Blind Woman's Curse

Blind Woman's Curse (Japanese: 怪談昇り竜, Kaidan Nobori Ryū, lit. Ghost Story Rising Dragon) is a 1970 Japanese ero guro yakuza film directed by Teruo Ishii.[2]

Blind Woman's Curse
Directed byTeruo Ishii
Screenplay by
  • Teruo Ishii
  • Yoshida Sone[1]
Produced by
  • Hideo Koi
  • Shiro Sasaki[1]
Starring
CinematographyShigeru Kitazumi[1]
Edited byOsamu Ionue[1]
Music byHajime Kaburagi[1]
Production
company
Distributed byDainichi Eihai
Release date
  • 20 June 1970 (1970-06-20) (Japan)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
CountryJapan

Plot

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 opponent and a black cat appears to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat and the victim of the slashing go on to seek revenge on Akemi's gang, leaving a trail of dead yakuza girls with their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.[3]

Cast

Release

Blind Woman's Curse was released in Japan on 20 June 1970.[1] It was distributed theatrically in the United States by Toho International on 6 August 1971.[1]

Home Video

Blind Woman's Curse was released on DVD in Region One on 8 May 2007 by Discotech Media.[4]

It was released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video in Region Two on 31 March 2014[5] and in Region One on 21 April 2015.[6]

References
  1. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 384.
  2. 石井輝男 怒涛の30本勝負. 澁谷文化 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. "Blind Woman's Curse". Arrow Films. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. https://a.co/d/fqekwfQ
  5. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blind-Womans-Curse-Blu-ray/88766/
  6. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blind-Womans-Curse-Blu-ray/115821/

Sources
  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.


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