Onna Gokuakuchō | |
Director: | Kazuo Ikehiro[1] |
Producer: | Atsuhiko Suguro |
Screenplay: | Seiji Hoshikawa |
Music: | Takeo Watanabe |
Cinematography: | Toshio Kajiya |
Editing: | Toshio Taniguchi |
Studio: | Daiei Kyoto |
Distributor: | Daiei Film |
Runtime: | 82 minutes |
Country: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
also known as Naked Ambition is a 1970 Japanese-Malaysian jidaigeki noir film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.[2] [3] It is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel Kyōfu Jidai.[3] [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]
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.