Wives of the Yakuza
The first film in the popular series of "Yakuza Wives" movies, this one was directed by samurai-action veteran Hideo Gosha in 1986. When the white-suited don of the Osaka mob takes a short prison vacation, his regal, kimono-clad wife Shima Iwashita takes over the gang. Her first priority is to arrange the marriage of rebellious younger sister Rino Katase to a man outside the mob. On vacation in Guam, however, Katase is raped by a rival gangster and, because he's the king of sneers Riki Takeuchi, she not only forgives him, but elopes and marries him! Gosha focuses on the women's rivalry rather than the sneering gangsters, and it's a welcome change from the usual scowls and growls. The rococo 80s fashions and interiors also add a certain Imperial Roman decadence to the proceedings. Worth watching for the slam-bam, knockdown, catfight at the end, that leaves both sisters sweaty, half-naked and exhausted.
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Legendary director Hideo Gosha filmed a movie from Shoko Ieda’s novel based on her careful observation of twenty eight wives of gangsters. It became a great hit because of the shocking way those wives live in their dark society that has never known before. This is the first movie of a series that should be remembered.
During the time her husband was serving in prison, the wife of the gangster boss lead the group with her strong leadership. Her little sister has become a wife of a gangster because of a forceful act. The two sisters who have the same blood but became two wives of two opposed groups that is now causing more and more bloody tragedies.
