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A true story of sexual obsession.
On 17 May 1936–during a period of war, economic depression, public unease and growing militarism, a time of unrest and confusion when public opinion was, at best, unpredictable–Sada Abe killed and emasculated her lover. Condemned by the law, Sada finds herself lionised by the press and hailed as a 'saint' of love. Because hers was a crime of passion, the purity of her motivation elevates her from criminal to heroine.Read moreLess
On 17 May 1936–during a period of war, economic depression, public unease and growing militarism, a time of unrest and confusion when public opinion was, at best, unpredictable–Sada Abe killed and emasculated her lover. Condemned by the law, Sada finds herself lionised by the press and hailed as a 'saint' of love. Because hers was a crime of passion, the purity of her motivation elevates her from criminal to heroine.
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On 17 May 1936–during a period of war, economic depression, public unease and growing militarism, a time of unrest and confusion when public opinion was, at best, unpredictable–Sada Abe killed and emasculated her lover. Condemned by the law, Sada finds herself lionised by the press and hailed as a 'saint' of love. Because hers was a crime of passion, the purity of her motivation elevates her from criminal to heroine.
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Hitomi KurokiSada Abe
Tsurutaro KataokaTatsuzo Kikumoto
Norihei MikiTakuzo Abe
Kippei ShiinaMasaru Okada
Toshie NegishiYoshi Kikumoto
Renji IshibashiShinkichi
BengalSanosuke Tachibana
Kyusaku ShimadaTakiguchi
Tomorowo Taguchi
Hisashi IgawaDetective
Mansaku IkeuchiToshihiko Saito
Ayumi ItoMaidExplore the crew
- Director
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Writer
- Hiroko Nishizawa
- Producer
- Hisao Nabeshima
- Producer
- Kyōko Ōbayashi
- Writer
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Editor
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Original Music Composer
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Director of Photography
- Noritaka Sakamoto