Concubine Secrets: Tattoo Contest (1972)
Bodhisattva carved on white skin! Setsuko Ogawa stars in this picture scroll of lust in the inner palace!
1972 · 1h 9m · Drama
Genres: Drama
In the hidden inner chambers of Edo Castle, rival concubines in 1709 turn tattoo art into a dangerous weapon of influence, sparking a secret competition to captivate the ruling shogun and secure ultimate power within the walls of the imperial harem.
Director: Yukihiko Kondo
Writers: Keiji Kubota
Music by: Taichiro Kosugi
Cinematography: Yonezō Maeda
Editor: Jun Nabeshima
Cast
Setsuko Ogawa as Oyae(お八重)Hidemi Hara as Osei no kata(お清の方)Miyoko Aoyama as Omiyo(お美代)Maya Kitami as Oman(お万)Michiko Komori as Ofuji(お藤)Yoshie Kitsuda as Ochô no kata(お蝶の方)Yumi Nakano as Oshin(おしん)Sayori Shima as Gobozu (Nun)(御坊主)Ryûji Ôizumi as Shinzô(新三)Toshihiko Oda as 間部越前守Keisuke Yukioka as Horitatsu(彫辰)Hiroyuki Mikawa as Ienobu Tokugawa - Shôgun(将軍家宣)More like this
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