Released:
1977-01-22

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.

Director:
Yuji Makiguchi

Runtime:
1h 2min

Genre:
Action

• Cast:
• 
  Terumi Azuma
  as
  Oden Takahashi
• 
  Yoshinobu Hirose
  as
  Matsusuke
• 
  Yukiko Tachibana
  as
  Ama Suzutsuki
• 
  Takuzō Kawatani
• 
  Akira Shioji
  as
  Yoshizo