Japan Synopsis
怪談昇り竜
Akemi 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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Blind Woman's Curse. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Nikkatsu Corporation
Crime + Horror in Japan
26 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Blind Woman's Curse itself).
The 1969–1971 Japan Window
Blind Woman's Curse holds position #38 of 64 Japan films in the 1969–1971 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Blind Woman's Curse premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Japan films in 1970.
The 335th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
52 audience reviews — more than 65% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (65th percentile) outruns trending popularity (44th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Blind Woman's Curse, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- female yakuza · 4
- black cat · 4
- torture · 26
- samurai sword · 16
- opium · 7
- murder · 155
- yakuza · 93
- sword fight · 56
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,581 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (22nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.7 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #319 of 402 (top 79%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Nikkatsu Corporation, Dainichi-Eihai |
| Runtime | 1h 25m |
| Release Date | June 20, 1970 |
| IMDb | tt0065932 |