Black Hair Velvet Soul (1982)
Original title: 団鬼六 黒髪縄夫人
Black Hair Velvet Soul is a 1982 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Mamoru Watanabe, with a running time of 1h 6m. It stars Izumi Shima, Kumiko Hayano and Junko Ike.
A drunk husband has a gambling compulsion that ends up putting him in a bad way with the local Yakuza. Unable to pay his debt, he hocks the deed to his wife’s restaurant in order to stay out of trouble with the thugs. But it’s not enough. The wife has to sacrifice her body as well.