Criminal Woman: Killing Melody

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody backdrop
Poster for Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
MOVIE

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody

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.

Original Title

前科おんな殺し節

Release Date

1973-10-27

Year

1973

Duration

1h 23m

Status

Released

Score

6.60

Production

Cast

Reiko Ike

Reiko Ike

Maki

Miki Sugimoto

Miki Sugimoto

Massayo

Yumiko Katayama

Yumiko Katayama

Kaoru

Chiyoko Kazama

Chiyoko Kazama

Natsuko

No Image

Masami Sôda

Ryōji Hayama

Ryōji Hayama

Boss Oba

Shinzō Hotta

Shinzō Hotta

No Image

Seiya Satō

No Image

Keiichi Kitagawa

No Image

Tooru Hanada