Love and Crime (1969)
A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel.
Director:
Teruo Ishii
Writers:
Masahiro Kakefuda, Shizuo Nonami, Teruo Ishii.
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Teruo Yoshida as Murase |
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Rika Fujie as Kinue Munakata (segment "Toyokaku jiken") |
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Kenjirō Ishiyama as Kosuke Saito (segment "Toyokaku jiken") |
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Mitsuko Aoi as Chiyo Saito (segment "Toyokaku jiken") |
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Takashi Fujiki as Shibuya (segment "Toyokaku jiken") |
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Yukie Kagawa as Sada Abe - 1936 (segment "Abe Sada jiken") |
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Sada Abe as Herself - 1969 (segment "Abe Sada jiken") |
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Kichijirō Ueda as Inaba (segment "Abe Sada jiken") |
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Eiji Wakasugi as Kichizo Ishida (segment "Abe Sada jiken") |
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Yoshi Katō as Komiya (segment "Abe Sada jiken") |
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Akikane Sawa as Judge (segment "Abe Sada jiken") |
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Junko Maki as Toku Ishida (segment "Abe Sada jiken") |
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Michiko Obata as Riyo Ishii (segment "Kodaira jiken") |
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Yumiko Katayama as Ryuko Midorikawa (segment "Kodaira jiken") |
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Asao Koike as Yoshio Kodaira (segment "Kodaira jiken") |
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Teruko Yumi as Takahashi Oden (segment "Takahashi Oden") |
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Shin'ichirô Hayashi as Naminosuke (segment "Takahashi Oden") |
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Reiko Mikasa as |
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Akira Ōizumi as |
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Tōru Yuri as |
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Mie Hanabusa as |
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Michi Tanaka as |
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Yōko Koyama as |
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Noriko Kuroda as |
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Kei Kiyama as |
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Mikiko Asamatsu as |
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Tatsumi Hijikata as |
| Directing | Teruo Ishii | Director |
| Camera | Motoya Washio | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Watada | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Hiroo Nozu | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Jiro Tomita | Art Direction |
| Sound | Masao Yagi | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Tadao Kanda | Editor |
| Directing | Tomoomi Yoda | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Masahiro Kakefuda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shizuo Nonami | Screenplay |
| Writing | Teruo Ishii | Screenplay |