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WOMEN HELL SONG

Onna jigoku uta: Shakuhachi benten

Directed by Mamoru Watanabe
Japan, 1970
Drama
  • 7676 minutes

Synopsis

Roaming outlaw Okayo is also known as Benten due to the tattoo of the Buddhist Goddess of Love emblazoned across her back. On the run from her persecutors, who seek to claim the tattoo and its skin canvas as a bounty, Okayo finds a safe haven in the arms of the mysterious shakuhachi playing Seigaku.

Synopsis

Roaming outlaw Okayo is also known as Benten due to the tattoo of the Buddhist Goddess of Love emblazoned across her back. On the run from her persecutors, who seek to claim the tattoo and its skin canvas as a bounty, Okayo finds a safe haven in the arms of the mysterious shakuhachi playing Seigaku.