Decapitation of an Evil Woman

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Director :

Yuji Makiguchi

Stars :

Terumi AzumaYoshinobu HiroseYukiko TachibanaTakuzō KawataniAkira ShiojiTetsuo FujisawaSeizō FukumotoHiroshi HatanoMasao HirakawaGorō Ibuki

Genre :

Action

Release :

1977-01-22

Story :

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.