Onna Gokuakuchō (Japanese: おんな極悪帖) also known as Naked Ambition is a 1970 Japanese-Malaysian jidaigeki noir film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.[3][2] It is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel Kyōfu Jidai.[2][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]
| Onna Gokuakuchō | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kazuo Ikehiro[1] |
| Written by | Jun'ichirō Tanizaki |
| Screenplay by | Seiji Hoshikawa |
| Produced by | Atsuhiko Suguro |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Toshio Kajiya |
| Edited by | Toshio Taniguchi |
| Music by | Takeo Watanabe |
Production company | Daiei Kyoto |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes[2] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot edit
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.
Cast edit
- Michiyo Yasuda as Ogin no Kata
- Masakazu Tamura as Isogai Iori
- Shin Kishida as Tayu
- Kei Satō as Shunto (Daimyo)
- Akiko Koyama as Umeno
- Kogan Ashiya as Chinsai (Monk)
- Natsuko Oka as Oyui
- Takeshi Date as Ujiei Samon
- Rinichi Yamamoto as Akaza Matajūrō
- Yuzō Hayakawa as Suganuma Hachirōta
- Hōshei Komatsu as Hosoi Gentaku
- Kimiko Tachibana as Wet Nurse
Production edit
- Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art director
References edit
- ^ "追悼 田村正和". cinemaplus. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "おんな極悪帖". Kadokawa eiga. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Kinema Junpo 1970年4月下旬号". Tokyo: Kinema Junpo sha. September 1970. pp. 85–87.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "おんな極悪帖". 一般社団法人日本映画製作者連盟. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "「魔性のジゴロ」は田村正和の他に表現できないのではないか 春日太一の木曜邦画劇場". 文春オンライン Shūkan Bunshunweb. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ a b "おんな極悪帖". Agency for Cultural Affairs 日本映画情報システム. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ 本当に面白い時代劇 1945-2015. Tokyo: メディアックス. September 1970. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-4862019448.
- ^ "おんな極悪帖". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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