Criminal Woman: Killing Melody

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody

1973
1h 23m
6.6

6.6/10

17 votes • View on IMDb
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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Toei Company
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 前科おんな殺し節
Release Date October 27, 1973
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0451984

Cast

Reiko Ike
Reiko Ike

Maki

Miki Sugimoto
Miki Sugimoto

Massayo

Yumiko Katayama
Yumiko Katayama

Kaoru

Chiyoko Kazama
Chiyoko Kazama

Natsuko

Masami Sôda
Masami Sôda

Ryōji Hayama
Ryōji Hayama

Boss Oba

Shinzō Hotta
Shinzō Hotta

Seiya Satō
Seiya Satō

Keiichi Kitagawa
Keiichi Kitagawa

Tooru Hanada
Tooru Hanada

Bontarō Miake
Bontarō Miake

Takeo Chii
Takeo Chii

Tetsu Hamayasu

Key Crew

Kineo Yoshimine
Executive Producer
Atsushi Mihori
Director
Hirō Matsuda
Screenplay
Fumio Kōnami
Screenplay

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