Irezumi 1966 Shinsuke and Otsuya, his boss daughter runs away to get married, but they are betrayed by the inn owner, Kenji Otsuya is sold to Tokubeis brothel Seikichi, a mysterious tattoo artist puts his masterpiece, a human faced spider, on her back She and her lover are then forced into a conspiracy born nightmare, where they face the danger of becoming the very evil they seek to escape With each new bloody incident, the spiders face seems to redden with ever growing hunger