113 minutes
2/19/1983
Ayame, a courtesan, attracts the attention of street vendor Kisuke and decides to run away with him to America. Unfortunately, a crazed tattoo artist is obsessed with Ayame's perfect skin as a potential canvas, so he kills Kisuke to keep Ayame in Japan. Later, Ayame is sold to a brothel in Yokohama. Kisuke's ghost possesses her, causing his image to appear tattoo-like on her skin whenever she has sex.
Takako Shinozuka
as Ayame
Kyoko Asuka
as Yamabuki
Kozue Azusa
as Naruto
Kyoko Hibiki
as Rishige
Takashi Itô
as Seikichi
Saeda Kawaguchi
as Akeba
Allen Keller
as Morgan
Shinji Kubo
Satoshi Mashiba
as Kisuke
Rei Matsubara
as Kikuno
Akiko Miyahara
as Chiyoharu
Shizu Sakai
as Kokiku
Mutsuko Sakura
as O-Tatsu
Taiji Tonoyama
as Hachibei
Yuri Yau
as Koyuki
Midori Yūzaki
as Miyono
Edward Smith
Alice Brown