Oxen Split Torturing
1976 · 80 min · Director: Yuji Makiguchi
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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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Oxen Split Torturing (1976) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Sadness 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Disturbing35%
- Sadness25%
- Empathy20%
- Hope10%
- Tension10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Sadness, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Horror. AI estimate.
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Details
- Directed by
- Yuji Makiguchi
- Written by
- Ichirō Ōtsu, Seiko Shimura
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1976
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Country
- Japan
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Disturbing
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