Tattooed Life, A

Aroview: Rare period excursion for dir. Seijun Suzuki trades pistols for samurai swords, but not much else as dir’s lurid aesthetic and heady production design remains firmly intact.

Yet another disgruntled yakuza grudge match, Suzuki once again surpasses the conventions of genre with a particularly swashbuckling finale of clashing bushido blades.