Decapitation of an Evil Woman

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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.

Date: 01/22/1977

Rating: 6.2

Cast: Terumi Azuma, Yoshinobu Hirose, Yukiko Tachibana, Takuzō Kawatani, Akira Shioji, 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, Masaru Shiga, Takaya Shimoyama, Jiro Shirai, Rena Uchimura, Kunijirō Yanagi

Terumi Azuma