Decapitation of an Evil Woman

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.

Directed by Yuji Makiguchi

Top cast

Terumi Azuma

Oden Takahashi

Y

Yoshinobu Hirose

Matsusuke

Yukiko Tachibana

Ama Suzutsuki

Takuzō Kawatani

Akira Shioji

Yoshizo

T

Tetsuo Fujisawa

Seizō Fukumoto

H

Hiroshi Hatano

M

Masao Hirakawa

Gorō Ibuki

Masataka Iwao

A

Atsushi Kitamura

K

Kentaro Maki

Ai Mizuki

H

Haruko Nishida

Ryō Nishida

J

Jun Ogawa

Shunji Sasaki

(as Tsuiyuki Sasaki)

Masaru Shiga

Takaya Shimoyama

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