Oxen Split Torturing

• Rated 5.8 out of 10
• Movie
• 1976
• 1h 20m
• Horror
• Drama

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

Starring

Yūsuke Kazato, Rena Uchimura, Akira Shioji, Masataka Iwao