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Oxen Split Torturing (1976)
Directed by Yûji Makiguchi
Overview
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with 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, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back no matter what it takes. 2 - When Sutezo is forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, he becomes friends with a young girl named Sato in process. Together, they both escape and try 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