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Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)

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.

Release: 1973-10-27
Runtime: 83 min
Rating: 6.6 / 10
Cast
Reiko Ike
Reiko Ike
Maki
Miki Sugimoto
Miki Sugimoto
Massayo
Yumiko Katayama
Yumiko Katayama
Kaoru
Chiyoko Kazama
Chiyoko Kazama
Natsuko
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Masami Sôda
Ryōji Hayama
Ryōji Hayama
Boss Oba
Shinzō Hotta
Shinzō Hotta
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Seiya Satō
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Keiichi Kitagawa
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Tooru Hanada
Bontarō Miake
Bontarō Miake
Takeo Chii
Takeo Chii
Tetsu Hamayasu
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Hiroshi Date
Hirohisa Nakata
Hirohisa Nakata
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Naoyuki Sugano
Tōru Yuri
Tōru Yuri
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Takashi Takano
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Tatsuya Kameyama