Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)

  • NR
  • 10/27/1973 (JP)
  • Action, Crime
  • 1h 23m

Overview

Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.

Atsushi Mihori

Director

Hiro Matsuda

Screenplay

Fumio Kōnami

Screenplay

Cast

Reiko Ike's headshot

Reiko Ike

Maki
Miki Sugimoto's headshot

Miki Sugimoto

Massayo
Yumiko Katayama's headshot

Yumiko Katayama

Kaoru
Chiyoko Kazama's headshot

Chiyoko Kazama

Natsuko
Masami Sôda's headshot

Masami Sôda

Ryōji Hayama's headshot

Ryōji Hayama

Boss Oba
Shinzo Hotta's headshot

Shinzo Hotta

Seiya Satō's headshot

Seiya Satō

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