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Oxen Split Torturing (1976)
Directed by Yûji Makiguchi
Overview
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.
Length 80 minutes
Actors
Yûsuke Kazato | Rena Uchimura | Akira Shioji | Masataka Iwao | Ryuichi Nagashima | Yûsuke Tsukasa | Tetsuo Fujisawa | Yasumori Hikita | Mineko Maruhira | Miki Masuda | Kyônosuke Murai | Yoshiaki Yamashita | Satoru Nabe | Miho Manabe | Akemi Ogikubo | Takuzô Kawatani | Eriko Kano | Takako Yagi | Emi Jo | Kuniomi Kitani | Ryuji Komine | Toshio Kitagawa | Eizô Kitamura | Mitsue Wakabayashi | Takashi Noguchi | Shunji Sasaki | Masaji Arikawa | Yukio Miyagi | Reiichi Hatanaka | Toshio Tomogane