Love and Crime

Love and Crime

Part of The Joys of Torture Collection

1969•1h 32m•6.9/10

CrimeDramaHorrorThriller

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6.9/10(9)

A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel.

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Production

Toei Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Teruo Yoshida

Teruo Yoshida

Murase

Rika Fujie

Kinue Munakata (segment "Toyokaku jiken")

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kosuke Saito (segment "Toyokaku jiken")

Mitsuko Aoi

Chiyo Saito (segment "Toyokaku jiken")

Takashi Fujiki

Takashi Fujiki

Shibuya (segment "Toyokaku jiken")

Yukie Kagawa

Yukie Kagawa

Sada Abe - 1936 (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Sada Abe

Herself - 1969 (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Inaba (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Eiji Wakasugi

Kichizo Ishida (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Komiya (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Akikane Sawa

Akikane Sawa

Judge (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Junko Maki

Toku Ishida (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Michiko Obata

Riyo Ishii (segment "Kodaira jiken")

Yumiko Katayama

Yumiko Katayama

Ryuko Midorikawa (segment "Kodaira jiken")

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Yoshio Kodaira (segment "Kodaira jiken")

Teruko Yumi

Takahashi Oden (segment "Takahashi Oden")

Shin'ichirô Hayashi

Naminosuke (segment "Takahashi Oden")

Reiko Mikasa

Akira Ōizumi

Akira Ōizumi

Tōru Yuri

Tōru Yuri

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