British distributors Arrow Video have release a trailer for Japanese director Teruo Ishii's
Blind Woman's Curse a.k.a
Black Cat's Revenge (1970), starring Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Sato, and Hideo Sunazuka. The film will be released on Blu-ray on March 17, 2014.
From Teruo Ishii, "The King of Cult",
Blind Woman's Curse is a thrilling Yakuza film featuring eye-popping visuals, thrilling samurai fight sequences and the gorgeous Meiko Kaji (
Lady Snowblood, Stray Cat Rock), in her first major role.
Akemi (Kaji) is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi's gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.
A bizarre blend of the female Yakuza film and traditional Japanese ghost story, with a strong dash of grotesque-erotica (the same movement was a sensibility of Edogawa Rampo whose works were adapted by Ishii in
Horrors of Malformed Men),
Blind Woman's Curse is a delirious mash-up of classic genre tropes, to which Ishii was no stranger having directed everything from Super Giant films to Biker movies.
Special Features:
- New high definition digital transfer
- Newly commissioned artwork
- Collector's booklet
- More to be announced!