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Oxen Split Torturing

1976 · 80 min

A grim, punishing watch of ritualized cruelty and suffering, more endurance test than entertainment, with little relief from its oppressive atmosphere.

Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • faith
  • obsession
  • power
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror, drama
Directed by
Yuji Makiguchi
Written by
Ichirō Ōtsu, Seiko Shimura
Starring
Yūsuke Kazato, Rena Uchimura, Akira Shioji, Masataka Iwao, Ryuichi Nagashima, Yûsuke Tsukasa, Tetsuo Fujisawa, Yasumori Hikita
Runtime
80 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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