Oiran
MovieTitle | 華魁 |
User score | 4.8 |
Release date | Feb 19, 1983 |
Genre | Romance, Drama, History |
Director | Tetsuji Takechi |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Fujii Movies, Takechi Film, Ogawa Kikaku |
Run time | 113 min. |
Ayame, a courtesan, attracts the attention of street vendor Kisuke and decides to run away with him to America. Unfortunately, a crazed tattoo artist is obsessed with Ayame's perfect skin as a potential canvas, so he kills Kisuke to keep Ayame in Japan. Later, Ayame is sold to a brothel in Yokohama. Kisuke's ghost possesses her, causing his image to appear tattoo-like on her skin whenever she has sex.