also known as Naked Ambition, is a 1970 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro. It is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel Kyōfu Jidai. All the characters in the film are villains. Kazuo Ikehiro said the film is his favorite film along with Hitori Okami among the films he directed.
Plot Source: Wicked woman Ogin is a mistress of Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin let her lover Isogai Iori, kill whoever interrupts her.
Cast Michiyo Yasuda as Ogin no Kata Masakazu Tamura as Isogai Iori Shin Kishida as Tayu Kei Satō as Shunto (Daimyo) Akiko Koyama as Umeno Kogan Ashiya as Chinsai (Monk) Natsuko Oka as Oyui Takeshi Date as Ujiei Samon Rinichi Yamamoto as Akaza Matajūrō Yuzō Hayakawa as Suganuma Hachirōta Hōshei Komatsu as Hosoi Gentaku Kimiko Tachibana as Wet Nurse
Production Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art director
References
External links
Onna Gokuakuchō at Kadokawa/Daiei