Oxen Split Torturing
1976, Japanese. Directed by Yuji Makiguchi.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 4 September 1976
- Original title
- 徳川女刑罰絵巻 牛裂きの刑
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Ichirō Ōtsu, Seiko Shimura
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Oxen Split Torturing (1976) was directed by Yuji Makiguchi and stars Yūsuke Kazato, Rena Uchimura, Akira Shioji.