Tattoo Ari Explained

Tattoo Ari
Native Name:	Kanji: TATOO＜刺青＞あり
Director:	Banmei Takahashi
Starring:	Ryudo Uzaki
Music:	Ryudo Uzaki
Cinematography:	Yuichi Nagata
Editing:	Junichi Kikuchi
Distributor:	Art Theater Guild (ATG) / Takahashi Pro
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Banmei Takahashi. The film was based on the life of Akiyoshi Umekawa.^[1]

Cast

• Ryudo Uzaki as Akio Takeda
• Keiko Sekine as Michiyo
• Misako Watanabe as Sadako Takeda
• Ayako Ōta (太田あや子) as Miyoko
• Yoshiko Osimi (忍海よしこ) as Satoko
• Jirō Yabuki as Teruya Shimada
• Shirō Shimomoto as Sato
• Hitoshi Ueki as President
• Kazuhiro Yamaji as Michiyo's new lover
• Maiko Kazama as Sanae

Background

Director Banmei Takahashi was at this point a veteran director of pink films with a resume of about 40 movies. This film in the action genre represents a new direction for Takahashi. Tattoo Ari was a critical and box-office hit and with his award for Best Director from the Yokohama Film Festival launched Takahashi on a mainstream career.^[2] The female lead in Tattoo Ari, Keiko Sekine, was Banmei Takahashi's wife and later acted under the name Keiko Takahashi.^[3]

Awards and nominations

4th Yokohama Film Festival^[4]

• Won: Best Director - Banmei Takahashi
• Won: Best Actor - Ryudo Uzaki (宇崎竜童)
• 3rd Best Film^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.straydog.info/essay/200606_drama.html. ja:森岡流名前のつけ方. Toshiyuki. Morioka. Japanese. Straydog. February 15, 2011.
2. Book: Weisser, Thomas. Yuko Mihara Weisser . Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. 1998. Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. Miami. 1-889288-52-7. 427.
3. Weisser, p.234
4. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/04-1982/04_1982_shou.html . ja:第４回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８２年日本映画個人賞. 2010-01-14. Japanese . Yokohama Film Festival.
5. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/04-1982/04_1982_best10.html. ja:１９８２年度 日本映画ベストテン. 2010-01-14. Japanese. Yokohama Film Festival. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100306183525/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/04-1982/04_1982_best10.html. 2010-03-06.