A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent Read More »
Tag Archives: Yumi Takigawa
New Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701 / Shin joshû Sasori: 701-gô (1976) Yutaka Kohira, Yumi Takigawa, Yûsuke Natsu, Yoko Konno
Nami Matsushima’s sister goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it Read More »
Deathquake (1980) Kenjirô Ohmori, Hiroshi Katsuno, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yumi Takigawa
Seizmologist Hoichi loses touch with his family when he predicts that there will be an earthquake in Tokyo Read More »
Bakuhatsu! Boso yugi / Detonation! Violent Games (1976) Teruo Ishii, Kôichi Iwaki, Yutaka Nakajima, Yumi Takigawa, Action, Crime
Teruo Ishii’s West Side Story, done as a bloody, violent, sexploitative biker gang film. It’s the Red Chilis versus the Black Cats, and the chick who just may heal the divide. Read More »