Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977)

Status: Released
Original Language: Japanese
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Production: Toei Company
Production Countries: Japan
Spoken Languages: Japanese

Name: Decapitation of an Evil Woman
Genre: Action
Released: 1977-01-22
Duration: 62 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Terumi Azuma, Yoshinobu Hirose, Yukiko Tachibana, Takuzō Kawatani, Akira Shioji

Jan 22, 1977 Action 1h 2m

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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.