
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun(1981)
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.



Ryudo Uzaki
Akio Takeda

Keiko Takahashi
Michiyo

Misako Watanabe
Sadako Takeda

Jirô Chiba
Teruya Shimada

Yoshio Harada
Bookstore Father
Kazuko Aoki
Michiyo's mother

Bang-ho Cho

Shigeru Izumiya
Tattooer

Maiko Kazama
Sanae

Paul Maki
Mizuno
Tattoo is a drama, crime, romance film released in 1982 exploring themes of based on true story, osaka, japan, mother and son, shōwa era (1926-89). Directed by Banmei Takahashi, it stars Ryudo Uzaki, Keiko Takahashi, Misako Watanabe. An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.
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