Rope and Skin

Year: 1979

Runtime: 70 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Shōgorō Nishimura

Drama

Okoma, called Red Cherry, was a gambler who left the yakuza. Two years after retiring she returns to find her former boss murdered and his daughter struggling against a rival gang led by her father's killers. To avenge the boss and protect the daughter—an old friend—Okoma forms a crew, beginning with an expert knife‑fighter and her former lover. Their plan erupts in a brutal clash in which the rival leader captures and tortures Okoma.

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