Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this beautiful young woman, sitting quietly in a suburban train, is the only woman able to beat the best professional players in Japan; or that she is wearing the tattoo of the man that loved her and died for her...
Acting
Yumiko Nogawa's ice-cold stare could freeze hell.
Cinematography
Shadows and neon that eat lesser films alive.
Direction
Noguchi crams 80 minutes with more style than most trilogies.
Director
Haruyasu Noguchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Nikkatsu's 'Borderless Action' wave, where studio B-movies snuck subversive heroines past censors.
Yumiko Nogawa was cast after Seijun Suzuki spotted her in a nightclub — she became the studio's signature dangerous woman.
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