Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.

Teruo Yoshida
as Horihide

Masumi Tachibana
as Osuzu

Asao Koike
as Horitatsu

Yumiko Katayama
as Yumi

Mieko Fujimoto
as Otatsu - Daikoku-ya Owner

Haruo Tanaka
as Samejima

Mitsuko Aoi
as Okinu

Gannosuke Ashiya
as Onikichi

Reiichi Hatanaka
as Tattoo Artist B

Shin'ichirô Hayashi
as Genzô