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Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977)
Directed by Yûji Makiguchi
Overview
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.
Length 62 minutes
Actors
Terumi Azuma | Yoshinobu Hirose | Yukiko Tachibana | Takuzô Kawatani | Akira Shioji | Tetsuo Fujisawa | Seizô Fukumoto | Hiroshi Hatano | Masao Hirakawa | Gorô Ibuki | Masataka Iwao | Atsushi Kitamura | Kentaro Maki | Ai Mizuki | Haruko Nishida | Ryô Nishida | Jun Ogawa | Shunji Sasaki | Masaru Shiga | Takaya Shimoyama | Takashi Shirai | Rena Uchimura | Kunijirô Yanagi