Oxen Split Torturing (1976)
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with a young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori. The second follows Sutezo who, forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, befriends a young girl. Together, they both escape and struggle to get by on scams and petty theft.
Director:
Yuji Makiguchi
Writers:
Ichirō Ōtsu, Seiko Shimura.
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Yūsuke Kazato as |
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Rena Uchimura as |
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Akira Shioji as |
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Masataka Iwao as |
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Ryuichi Nagashima as |
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Yûsuke Tsukasa as |
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Tetsuo Fujisawa as |
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Yasumori Hikita as |
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Mineko Maruhira as |
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Miki Masuda as |
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Kyōnosuke Murai as |
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Yoshiaki Yamashita as |
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Satoru Nabe as |
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Miho Manabe as |
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Akemi Ogikubo as |
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Takuzō Kawatani as |
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Maki Tachibana as |
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Takako Yagi as |
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Emi Jo as |
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Kuniomi Kitani as |
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Ryuji Komine as |
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Toshio Kitagawa as |
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Eizō Kitamura as |
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Mitsue Wakabayashi as |
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Takashi Noguchi as |
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Shunji Sasaki as |
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Masaharu Arikawa as |
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Yukio Miyagi as |
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Reiichi Hatanaka as |
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Toshio Tomogane as Narrator |
| Directing | Yuji Makiguchi | Director |
| Crew | Katsuo Katsuki | Cinematography |
| Art | Kenji Yamashita | Production Design |
| Editing | Eifu Tamaki | Editor |
| Production | Tatsuo Honda | Producer |
| Sound | Takeo Watanabe | Music |
| Sound | Kôichi Itô | Sound |
| Writing | Ichirō Ōtsu | Screenplay |
| Writing | Seiko Shimura | Screenplay |