Oxen Split Torturing
80 mins
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.
Toshio Tomogane
Narrator
Tatsuo Honda
Producer
Takeo Watanabe
Music
Katsuo Katsuki
Cinematography
Eifu Tamaki
Editor
Kenji Yamashita
Production Design
Kôichi Itô
Sound
Seiko Shimura
Screenplay
Ichirō Ōtsu
Screenplay