Love and Crime

Love and Crime

92 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 27, 1969

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.

Love and Crime

92 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 27, 1969

Love and Crime
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 明治・大正・昭和 猟奇女犯罪史
Directors Tomoomi Yoda, Teruo Ishii
Writers Shizuo Nonami, Masahiro Kakefuda, Teruo Ishii

Cast

Teruo Yoshida

as Murase

Rika Fujie

as Kinue Munakata (segment "Toyokaku jiken")

Kenjirō Ishiyama

as Kosuke Saito (segment "Toyokaku jiken")

Mitsuko Aoi

as Chiyo Saito (segment "Toyokaku jiken")

Takashi Fujiki

as Shibuya (segment "Toyokaku jiken")

Yukie Kagawa

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

Sada Abe

as Herself - 1969 (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Kichijirô Ueda

as Inaba (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Eiji Wakasugi

as Kichizo Ishida (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Yoshi Katō

as Komiya (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Akikane Sawa

as Judge (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Junko Maki

as Toku Ishida (segment "Abe Sada jiken")

Michiko Obata

as Riyo Ishii (segment "Kodaira jiken")

Yumiko Katayama

as Ryuko Midorikawa (segment "Kodaira jiken")

Asao Koike

as Yoshio Kodaira (segment "Kodaira jiken")

Teruko Yumi

as Takahashi Oden (segment "Takahashi Oden")

Shin'ichirô Hayashi

as Naminosuke (segment "Takahashi Oden")