Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977)
An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.
Director: Yuji Makiguchi
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Terumi Azuma as Oden Takahashi |
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Yoshinobu Hirose as Matsusuke |
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Yukiko Tachibana as Ama Suzutsuki |
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Takuzō Kawatani as |
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Akira Shioji as Yoshizo |
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Tetsuo Fujisawa as |
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Seizō Fukumoto as |
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Hiroshi Hatano as |
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Masao Hirakawa as |
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Gorō Ibuki as |
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Masataka Iwao as |
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Atsushi Kitamura as |
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Kentaro Maki as |
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Ai Mizuki as |
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Haruko Nishida as |
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Ryō Nishida as |
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Jun Ogawa as |
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Shunji Sasaki as (as Tsuiyuki Sasaki) |
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Masaru Shiga as |
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Takaya Shimoyama as |
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Jiro Shirai as |
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Rena Uchimura as |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as |
| Directing | Yuji Makiguchi | Director |
| Writing | Yuji Makiguchi | Writer |
