Criminal Woman: Killing Melody poster

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody(1973)

  • Action
  • Crime
6.8

Overview

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.

Status:Released
Release Date:Oct 27, 1973
Runtime: 1h 23m

Director:

Atsushi Mihori

Top Cast

Reiko Ike

Reiko Ike

Maki

Miki Sugimoto

Miki Sugimoto

Massayo

Yumiko Katayama

Yumiko Katayama

Kaoru

Chiyoko Kazama

Chiyoko Kazama

Natsuko

Masami Sôda

Masami Sôda

Ryōji Hayama

Ryōji Hayama

Boss Oba

Shinzō Hotta

Shinzō Hotta

Seiya Satō

Seiya Satō

Keiichi Kitagawa

Keiichi Kitagawa

Tooru Hanada

Tooru Hanada

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Takeo Chii

Takeo Chii

Tetsu Hamayasu

Hiroshi Date

Hiroshi Date

Hirohisa Nakata

Hirohisa Nakata

Naoyuki Sugano

Naoyuki Sugano

Tōru Yuri

Tōru Yuri

Takashi Takano

Takashi Takano

Tatsuya Kameyama

Tatsuya Kameyama

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Official Videos

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973) Japanese Language Trailer

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973) Japanese Language Trailer

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