Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
movie

Released October 27, 1973
Overview
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.
Cast
Crew
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Kineo Yoshimine
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Executive Producer
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Masahiko Iimura
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Cinematography
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Yozo Uchida
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Sound
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Kenji Takamura
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Production Coordinator
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Mitsuo Katô
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Still Photographer
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Kazuo Iriba
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Production Manager
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Shiro Kuwana
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Lighting Technician
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Hiroshi Kitagawa
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Production Design
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Fumio Soda
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Editor
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Shinichi Hashimoto
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Assistant Director

Masao Yagi
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Original Music Composer
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Atsushi Mihori
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Director







