Friday, July 10, 2020

IREZUMI - The Spirit of Tattoo ‘雪華葬刺し’ (Warning: Erotic Nude Tattoo)

Source Website: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/19/movies/japanese-spirit-of-tattoo.html
By Vincent Canby, The New York Times, 19 March 1983


Irezumi (Spirit of Tattoo)
PHOTO:  Irezumi (Spirit of Tattoo)
1982 ‘雪華葬刺し’ Directed by Yoichi Takabayashi - A mystery of obsession … a film of exquisite beauty.
To satisfy her lover’s fetish for tattooed women, Akane (Utsonomiya) agrees to have her body covered in eloborate tattoos by Kyogoro (Wakayama), an old craftsman. Kyogoro has developed a special technique, by which his assistant, Harutsune, keeps Katsuko’s mind off the pain while Kyogoro does his work. After the work is done, Harutsune makes the shocking discovery of how Kyogoro mastered his technique.
Director: Yôichi Takabayashi, Writers: Baku Akae (novel), Chiho Katsura, Stars: Masayo Utsunomiya, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Masaki Kyômoto
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Yoichi Takabayashi's ''Irezumi -Spirit of Tattoo'' (''Sekka Tomurai Zashi'') is a romantically deceptive Japanese film about a young Tokyo secretary who, to please her middle-age lover, spends two years of her life having her back elaborately tattooed. A tattoo, like a diamond, is forever, but it can't be hocked (removed).

In ''Irezumi'' it represents a number of things, including fidelity and the total submission of the tattooed woman to her lover, who can, of course, change his mind while she cannot.


Irezumi -Spirit of Tattoo
PHOTO: ''Irezumi -Spirit of Tattoo''  is a romantically deceptive Japanese film about a young Tokyo secretary who, to please her middle-age lover, spends two years of her life having her back elaborately tattooed.
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''Irezumi'' is not an easy movie to respond to initially. It has its share of what are crudely called ''howlers,'' especially in its subtitles. It's also difficult to fathom the extraordinary passivity of the beautiful Akane to her lover, a mild-mannered librarian who wears conservative business suits and a Burberry scarf, and in all ways is utterly ordinary except for his passion for tattooed skin.

Yet, as ''Irezumi'' goes on, the film becomes increasingly involving and erotic until, finally, we accept its ellipses and rather large chunks of exposition that explain what happened before the movie started.


It's also difficult to fathom the extraordinary passivity of the beautiful Akane to her lover, a mild-mannered librarian who wears conservative business suits and a Burberry scarf, and in all ways is utterly ordinary except for his passion for tattooed skin.
PHOTO: It's also difficult to fathom the extraordinary passivity of the beautiful Akane to her lover, a mild-mannered librarian who wears conservative business suits and a Burberry scarf, and in all ways is utterly ordinary except for his passion for tattooed skin.
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''Irezumi'' will be shown at 6 P.M. today (19 March 1983) and 1 P.M. tomorrow (20 March 1983) at the 57th Street Playhouse in the New Directors/New Film Festival.

Next to Akane, the most important character in the film is Kyogoro, the elderly Kyoto tattooist who agrees to come out of retirement to execute one last work of art. As a psychiatrist might examine someone who wants a sex-change operation, the old man questions Akane at length about her motives, repeatedly making the point that the tattoo can't guarantee happiness and may possibly ruin her life.


Next to Akane, the most important character in the film is Kyogoro, the elderly Kyoto tattooist who agrees to come out of retirement to execute one last work of art.
PHOTO: Next to Akane, the most important character in the film is Kyogoro, the elderly Kyoto tattooist who agrees to come out of retirement to execute one last work of art. The old man questions Akane at length about her motives, repeatedly making the point that the tattoo can't guarantee happiness and may possibly ruin her life.
Kyogoro's method, of which he is deeply ashamed, is unique: Akane lies atop Kyogoro's nude, heavily tattooed young apprentice, moaning from the pain of the pricking tattoo needle and tightly gripping the man beneath her. Kyogoro believes that this brings the tattoo to life, giving it a soul and spirit all its own.
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While she is tattooed, Akane experiences intense extremes of both pleasure and pain, which breathes life into Kyogoro's art - a delicate sense of beauty capturing the movements and colors of the tattoo master at work and the living piece of art Akane becomes.
PHOTO: While she is tattooed, Akane experiences intense extremes of both pleasure and pain, which breathes life into Kyogoro's art - a delicate sense of beauty capturing the movements and colors of the tattoo master at work and the living piece of art Akane becomes.
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He further explains that the process is not only long and painful, but also that his methods are - well - unorthodox (unconventional). Just how unorthodox, Akane doesn't understand until her first session.

At that time, Kyogoro introduces her to his assistant, a handsome young man named Harutsune, whose function it is to lie naked under Akane, her back bare and her buttocks discreetly covered by a cloth, as the old man punctures her skin with tiny, razor-sharp knives.


Kyogoro further explains that the process is not only long and painful, but also that his methods are unorthodox (unconventional).
PHOTO: Kyogoro further explains that the process is not only long and painful, but also that his methods are unorthodox (unconventional). Akane doesn't understand until her first session. Kyogoro introduces her to his assistant, a handsome young man named Harutsune, whose function it is to lie naked under Akane, her back bare and her buttocks discreetly covered by a cloth, as the old man punctures her skin with tiny, razor-sharp knives.
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Says the old man solemnly, ''A woman's skin is most beautiful when it is embraced.'' One might also think it would be difficult to execute a tattoo on a body that is writhing with such contradictory passions.

In no time at all, Akane has accepted this pain/pleasure routine and become emotionally involved with the young man, though she never sees him outside the studio and never seems to think of leaving the lover for whom she is undergoing this transformation.


Kyogoro's apprentice creates his first tattoo--a tiny snowflake--which burns Akane's tender flesh like fire.
PHOTO: Kyogoro's apprentice creates his first tattoo--a tiny snowflake--which burns Akane's tender flesh like fire. In no time at all, Akane has accepted this pain/pleasure routine and become emotionally involved with the young man, though she never sees him outside the studio and never seems to think of leaving the lover for whom she is undergoing this transformation.
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It's not easy to describe ''Irezumi'' without making it sound like more of a howler than it actually is. Mr. Takabayashi is more interested in esthetics than psychology. Freud has no place in this world. Though I'm not sure what the film's concerns are, they are not to be analyzed in terms of character.


The old man solemnly, 'A woman's skin is most beautiful when it is embraced.'
PHOTO: The old man solemnly, ''A woman's skin is most beautiful when it is embraced.'' One might also think it would be difficult to execute a tattoo on a body that is writhing with such contradictory passions.
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The film provides us with a glimpse into an ancient cultural system as it survives, in kinky shards, in contemporary Japan. In one of the film's more arresting sequences, we see Kyogoro's plain-faced daughter ironing clothes and watching television while, in the next room, Akane, Harutsune and Kyogoro continue their rigorous labors of love.


The film provides us with a glimpse into an ancient cultural system as it survives, in kinky shards, in contemporary Japan. Freud has no place in this world but Akane, Harutsune and Kyogoro continue their rigorous labors of love.
PHOTO: The film provides us with a glimpse into an ancient cultural system as it survives, in kinky shards, in contemporary Japan. Freud has no place in this world but Akane, Harutsune and Kyogoro continue their rigorous labors of love.
Sigmund Freud (1856 to 1939) was the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating mental illness and also a theory which explains human behavior. Freud believed that events in our childhood have a great influence on our adult lives, shaping our personality.
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The performers, all unknown to me, are excellent, particularly Masayo Utsunomiya as Akane. Mr. Takabayashi, who, at 52, is not exactly a young director, seems to be a serious romantic, his style being simultaneously rich, especially in his frequent use of flashbacks, and spare. I suspect too, that ''Irezumi'' contains more wit and irony than we ever understand from the subtitles.


Masayo Utsunomiya as Akane
PHOTO: Masayo Utsunomiya as Akane
In ''Irezumi'' it represents a number of things, including fidelity and the total submission of the tattooed woman to her lover, who can, of course, change his mind while she cannot.
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The Cast
IREZUMI - SPIRIT OF TATTOO, directed by Yoichi Takabayashi; screenplay (Japanese with English subtitles) by Chiho Katsura, based on the novel by Baku Akae; photography by Hideo Fujii; music by Masaru Sato; produced by Yasuyoshi Tokuma and Masumi Kanamaru; presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Department of Film of the Museum of Modern Art, as part of the New Directors/New Films series. At the 57th Street Playhouse, between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue. Running time: 108 minutes. This film has no rating.

Kyogoro . . . . . Tomisaburo Wakayama

Akane . . . . . Masayo Utsunomiya

Fujieda . . . . . Yusuke Takita

Harutsune . . . . . Masaki Kyomoto

Katsuko . . . . . Harue Kyo

Haruna . . . . . Naomi Shiraishi

Horiatsu . . . . . Taiji Tonoyama


By Vincent Canby, The New York Times, 19 March 1983


 
Irezumi (1982) [ENG SUB] - Part 1/6
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Irezumi (1982) [ENG SUB] - Part 2/6
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Irezumi (1982) [ENG SUB] - Part 3/6
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Irezumi (1982) [ENG SUB] - Part 4/6
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Irezumi (1982) [ENG SUB] - Part 5/6
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Irezumi (1982) [ENG SUB] - Part 6/6 [END]
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Irezumi (刺青) means tattoo in Japanese and has existed since the Japanese Edo (Jiāng hù) period (1603--1868) era - (around 400 years ago).
PHOTO: Irezumi (刺青) means tattoo in Japanese and has existed since the Japanese Edo (Jiāng hù) period (1603--1868) era - (around 400 years ago).
There are additional Japanese words with similar meaning such as: Horimono, Shisei, Monmon, Gaman, however Irezumi is most commonly used.
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There are several reasons as to why the Japanese started make Irezumi.
PHOTO: There are several reasons as to why the Japanese started make Irezumi. One of the reasons is:
During a time when the much of the Japanese public were frustrated with the Daimyo's (government) tyrannical administration, a character called Kuniyoshi Utagawa developed the Ukiyo-e series "水滸伝百八人之一個 108 Heroes of Suikoden". The series consisted of 108 tough guys with tattoos of Japanese motifs, who gathered at Ryozanpaku (Dojo home to elite fighters who specialize in different styles of martial arts) to ridicule and dismiss corrupt officials.
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The literal translation of Irezumi is 刺 poke 青 green. Traditional Japanese Sumi ink turns a beautiful blue-black color after the ink goes into the skin.
PHOTO: During the Míng zhì government period, in an effort to follow the tide of Western civilization, the Míng zhì government enacted laws prohibiting tattoos, thinking that tattoos were a barbaric act of primitive tribes. But interestingly, with the invasion of Western capitalism, foreign merchant ships sailed into Japanese ports, and Japanese tattoos spread throughout the Western world with these merchant ships.
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Tattoos (刺青 cì qīng) represent a person's personality and belief.
PHOTO: Tattoos (刺青 cì qīng) represent a person's personality and belief. Tattoos are derived from the custom of the decorative skin of primitive tribes around the world. Before the 18th century, tattoos were punctured on the skin through needles. The pattern does not fade.
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Patterns include birds and flowers on the beasts or scriptures which reflect its religious concept with aesthetic consciousness.
PHOTO: Patterns include birds and flowers on the beasts or scriptures which reflect its religious concept with aesthetic consciousness. In China, many ethnic groups have tattoo customs. It can be traced back to at least 3,500 years, and are used for punishment by criminal law, known as "ink penalties".
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Two thousand and five hundred years ago, immigrants from Hawaii brought tattoos from China to Japan, making tattoos a high degree of art in Japan.
PHOTO: Two thousand and five hundred years ago, immigrants from Hawaii brought tattoos from China to Japan, making tattoos a high degree of art in Japan. At different times in the development of Japanese society, attitudes towards tattoos are different. Japan once accepted the act of tattooing, but it was once declared illegal. Later, they were regarded as suffering for "life" punishment, specifically for shaming criminals who were exiled.
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Tattoo slowly expanded to become gang logo, used to show brotherhood.
PHOTO: Tattoo slowly expanded to become gang logo, used to show brotherhood. In the bedroom it is a secret testimony for each other between the lovers, or as amulet of mortal being sheltered by Buddhism. These developments have gone through certain historical stages.
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In the Japanese Edo (Jiāng hù) period (1603--1868), tattoo art became a part of culture.
PHOTO: In the Japanese Edo (Jiāng hù) period (1603--1868), tattoo art became a part of culture. At that time in society, prostitutes used tattoos to make themselves more attractive. "Labourers" and "fireman" mostly make used of body tattoos.
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Starting in 1720, tattoos were officially used as punishment for criminals, replacing the previous punishment-cutting off a person's nose or ears.
PHOTO: Starting in 1720, tattoos were officially used as punishment for criminals, replacing the previous punishment-cutting off a person's nose or ears. There are two main patterns of tattoos on criminals: a circular tattoo on the arm, or text engraved on the forehead.
This type of punishment lasted 150 years, until it was abolished by the Míng zhì government in 1870. During these 150 years, this type of punishment has formed a new class in society, that is, tattooed social abandoners. They have no status in society and are at a loss.
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Black and grey are the hardiest tattoo colours.
PHOTO: Black and grey are the hardiest tattoo colours. They are dense and bold and their appearance lasts longer than colours. In contrast, the most vibrant colours such as hot pink, yellow, light green tend to fade faster. Darker colours, such as deep reds, are more fade resistant.
Picture saved by Henry to Tattoo - A sexy nude lady with back tattoo for erotic art
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Around the 18th century, the second half of the Japanese Edo (Jiāng hù) period (1603--1868), with the decline of the system, ordinary people had more freedom and power, and traditional Japanese tattoo art flourished with other folk mass art.
Around the 18th century, the second half of the Japanese Edo (Jiāng hù) period (1603--1868), with the decline of the system, ordinary people had more freedom and power, and traditional Japanese tattoo art flourished with other folk mass art.
PHOTO: Around the 18th century, the second half of the Japanese Edo (Jiāng hù) period (1603--1868), with the decline of the system, ordinary people had more freedom and power, and traditional Japanese tattoo art flourished with other folk mass art. Unlike the upper class, the public tried to abandon the influence of Confucian beliefs for hundreds of years and began to create their own art culture. They focus on novels and dramas.
picture posted by Boredart on 31 December 2013 - 50 butterfly tattoo designs for women
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Reference
[1] Vincent Canby, The New York Times, JAPANESE 'SPIRIT OF TATTOO', posted on 19 March 1983, https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/19/movies/japanese-spirit-of-tattoo.html


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