Love and Crime (1969) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1969 · 92 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Teruo Ishii

Starring

Kenjirô Ishiyama, Teruo Yoshida, Kichijirô Ueda, Takashi Fujiki, Tatsumi Hijikata, Akira Ōizumi

A collection of vignettes depicting bizarre murders carried out by women during Japan’s Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras. It profiles four notorious figures: Takahashi Oden, the last woman ever beheaded in Japan; Sada Abe, the obsessive lover who killed her paramour; Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist‑killer; and the Toyokaku case, a woman who committed extreme crimes to secure ownership of a hotel.