Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1973-10-27
Runtime: 83 minutes
Director: Atsushi Mihori
Top Cast
- Reiko Ike as Maki
- Miki Sugimoto as Massayo
- Yumiko Katayama as Kaoru
- Chiyoko Kazama as Natsuko
- Masami Sôda as
- Ryōji Hayama as Boss Oba
- Shinzō Hotta as
- Seiya Satō as
- Keiichi Kitagawa as
- Tooru Hanada as
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