Oxen Split Torturing

1976 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama / Horror

20
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 825 825

sadistic customer sadism sadistic brothel violence against women religious war

Director

Yûji Makiguchi Photo
Yûji Makiguchi

Top cast

Mineko Maruhira Photo
Mineko Maruhira as
Emi Jô Photo
Emi Jô as
Kuniomi Kitani Photo
Kuniomi Kitani as
Ryûichi Nagashima Photo
Ryûichi Nagashima as (as Ryuuji Nagashima)
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735.98 MB
1280*548
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 1
1.33 GB
1904*816
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ChaseWitherspoon75 6 / 10

Edo era Japanese torture chamber

Well technically it's torture chambers, as there are two tales of twisted terror in this brutal anthology.The first concerns disgraced samurai and his forbidden love punished by a sadistic daimyo who enjoys watching his captives suffer the most miserable forms of torture imaginable (e.g. Boiled, burned, beaten, eviscerated and of course the titular dissection technique). The second story features a more comic tone in its telling of a fool who becomes enamoured by a playful but somewhat ambivalent yujo, leading to his eventual downfall.Whilst there's an abundance of savagery on display across both tales, there's one particularly sordid scene in the second story which in my humble opinion takes the title outright. Probably the most shocking and outrageous thing I've seen on screen; the nauseous reaction of the bystanders in that scene seems sickeningly appropriate and viewers vulnerable to sympathetic spewing are forewarned.Dirty it may be, but it's by no means cheap looking incorporating a broad range of camera angles, energetic score and first-rate performances played with remarkable conviction despite uncomfortable looking depictions of sexual violence (fogged for our wellbeing).Not especially realistic looking gore by modern standards (the concealment & substitution camera tricks are fairly obvious to spot), this would've still been confronting when it was released back in '76/'77, and it remains effective today for fans of extreme cinema.
Reviewed by srinoyslash 1 / 10

Disturbing film showcases the evolution of tortures and sexual violence of Imperial Japan

The film is divided in two parts: 1st half in 1600s of Edo and the 2nd half in 1800s of the Imperial Japan. The first half of the movie ultra violent nature of that hostile Edo rule depicting gore and horrific scenes might make your skin crawl. The second half of the film tones down the violence a bit adding some dark humor and Black Comedy so as to show the society did progressed from it's Barbaric approaches of tortures or sexual violence to more humiliating approaches where the intention was to break them morally. The film certainly not suited for general audience because it would certainly lead you to depression.

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