Onna Gokuakuchō

1970 film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro

Michiyo Yasuda
Masakazu Tamura
Shin Kishida
Akiko Koyama
Kei Satō

CinematographyToshio KajiyaEdited byToshio TaniguchiMusic byTakeo Watanabe

Production
company

Daiei Kyoto

Distributed byDaiei Film

Release date

April 4, 1970 (1970-04-04) ( Japan)

Running time

82 minutes^[2]CountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Onna Gokuakuchō (Japanese: おんな極悪帖) also known as Naked Ambition is a 1970 Japanese-Malaysian jidaigeki noir film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.^[3]^[2] It is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel Kyōfu Jidai.^[2]^[4] All the characters in the film are villains.^[5]^[6] Kazuo Ikehiro said the film is his favorite film along with Hitori Okami among the films he directed.^[7]

Plot

Source:^[6]^[8]

Wicked woman Ogin is a mistress of Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin let her lover Isogai Iori, kill whoever interrupts her.

Cast

Michiyo Yasuda as Ogin no Kata
Masakazu Tamura as Isogai Iori
Shin Kishida as Tayu
Kei Satō as Shunto (Daimyo)
Akiko Koyama as Umeno
Kogan Ashiya as Chinsai (Monk)
Natsuko Oka as Oyui
Takeshi Date as Ujiei Samon
Rinichi Yamamoto as Akaza Matajūrō
Yuzō Hayakawa as Suganuma Hachirōta
Hōshei Komatsu as Hosoi Gentaku
Kimiko Tachibana as Wet Nurse

Production

Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art director

References

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^ "「魔性のジゴロ」は田村正和の他に表現できないのではないか春日太一の木曜邦画劇場". 文春オンライン Shūkan Bunshunweb. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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^ 本当に面白い時代劇 1945-2015. Tokyo: メディアックス. September 1970. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-4862019448.
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