Oxen Split Torturing

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Yuji Makiguchi

Writers

Seiko Shimura, Ichirō Ōtsu

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

4 September 1976

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Yūsuke Kazato

• Rena Uchimura

• 

  Akira Shioji

• 

  Masataka Iwao

• Ryuichi Nagashima

• Yûsuke Tsukasa

• Tetsuo Fujisawa

• 

  Yasumori Hikita

• Mineko Maruhira

• Miki Masuda

• Kyōnosuke Murai

• Yoshiaki Yamashita