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Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
Quick Facts
DirectorAtsushi Mihori
Runtime1h 23m
GenresAction · Crime
Release1973-10-27
Film

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody

1973· 1h 23m· Action· Crime

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.

1973-10-27
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody

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Key Crew
ScreenplayFumio Kōnami
Director of PhotographyMasahiko Iimura
Original Music ComposerMasao Yagi
Full cast & crew (19 cast · 13 crew)

Details

Released1973-10-27
Runtime1h 23m
StatusReleased
StudiosToei Company
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating6.7/10 · 18 votes
Original languageja

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