
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
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.
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
October 27, 1973
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Cast (19)

Reiko Ike
Maki

Miki Sugimoto
Massayo

Yumiko Katayama
Kaoru

Chiyoko Kazama
Natsuko

Masami Sôda
N/A

Ryōji Hayama
Boss Oba

Shinzo Hotta
N/A

Seiya Satō
N/A

Keiichi Kitagawa
N/A

Tooru Hanada
N/A

Bontarō Miake
N/A

Takeo Chii
Tetsu Hamayasu

Hiroshi Date
N/A

Hirohisa Nakata
N/A

Naoyuki Sugano
N/A

Tōru Yuri
N/A

Takashi Takano
N/A

Tatsuya Kameyama
N/A

Hōsei Komatsu
N/A
Crew (14)
Directing

Atsushi Mihori
Director

Shinichi Hashimoto
Assistant Director
Writing

Hiro Matsuda
Screenplay

Fumio Kōnami
Screenplay
Production

Kineo Yoshimine
Executive Producer

Kazuo Iriba
Production Manager

Kenji Takamura
Production Coordinator
Sound

Masao Yagi
Original Music Composer

Yozo Uchida
Sound
Art

Hiroshi Kitagawa
Production Design
Camera

Mitsuo Katô
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew

Masahiko Iimura
Cinematography
Editing

Fumio Soda
Editor
Lighting

Shiro Kuwana
Lighting Technician