Decapitation of an Evil Woman
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.
Top Cast
Terumi Azuma
Oden Takahashi
Yoshinobu Hirose
Matsusuke
Yukiko Tachibana
Ama Suzutsuki
Takuzō Kawatani
Akira Shioji
Yoshizo
Tetsuo Fujisawa
Seizō Fukumoto
Hiroshi Hatano
Masao Hirakawa
Gorō Ibuki
Masataka Iwao
Atsushi Kitamura
Kentaro Maki
Ai Mizuki
Haruko Nishida
Ryō Nishida
Jun Ogawa
Shunji Sasaki
(as Tsuiyuki Sasaki)
Masaru Shiga
Takaya Shimoyama
