Horror ·Drama · Japan · 1976 · 1h 20m

Oxen Split Torturing

徳川女刑罰絵巻　牛裂きの刑

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Director
Yuji Makiguchi
Cast
Yūsuke Kazato as Rena Uchimura as Akira Shioji as Masataka Iwao as Ryuichi Nagashima as Yûsuke Tsukasa as
Crew
Eifu Tamaki — Editor Ichirō Ōtsu — Screenplay Seiko Shimura — Screenplay Tatsuo Honda — Producer Kenji Yamashita — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
sadismsadisticbrothelviolence against womenreligious warsexual violenceblood bathreligiontortureexecutionviolent deathextreme sadism
Key Collaborators
Yuji Makiguchi Director Eifu Tamaki Editor Ichirō Ōtsu Screenplay Seiko Shimura Screenplay Tatsuo Honda Producer Kenji Yamashita Production Design
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