Category: 39
All Genres: Biography, Drama
Release Year: 1998
Country: Japan
Runtime: 132
Rating: (0)
Languages: Japanese
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Sound: Vitaphone
Taglines:

  • A true story of sexual obsession.


    • Writing by: Yûko Nishizawa – writer

    Produced by: Hisao Nabeshima – executive producer
    Kyoko Obayashi – producer

    Cast: Hitomi Kuroki – Sada Abe
    Tsurutaro Kataoka – Tatsuzo Kikumoto
    Norihei Miki – Takuzo Abe
    Kippei Shiina – Masaru Okada
    Toshie Negishi – Yoshi Kikumoto
    Bengal – Sanosuke Tachibana
    Renji Ishibashi – Shinkichi
    Kyusaku Shimada – Takiguchi
    Yasufumi Hayashi – Young Soldier
    Hisashi Igawa – Detective
    Mansaku Ikeuchi – Toshihiko Saito

    Music: Sotaro Manabu
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    Plot Outline: The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
    Plot: Based upon the case of Sada Abe, who on May 17 1936 killed and emasculated her lover. These events took place during a period of war, economic depression, public unease and growing militarism, a time of unrest and confusion when public opinion was, at best, unpredictable. Sada, condemned by the law, found herself lionized by the press and hailed as a 'saint' of love. Because she committed murder out of passion, the purity of her motivation elevated her from the status of criminal to that of popular heroine.

    Movie Quotes: Felix Bean: Well, there's no way she heard that.
    Zach: How do you know?
    Felix Bean: She would have called by now.
    “>Phone begins to ring]
    Felix Bean: I'm not here.
    Grogan: Me neither.
    Zach: Me neither.
    Freaky Reaky: Me neither.
    Matt: Me neither.
    Grogan:”>On answering machine] Greetings earthing. At the lazor please record your communication… And take me to your leader
    “>Lazor sounds on recording]
    Matt: That is the funniest message I've ever heard.


    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Outtakes are shown during the end credits.

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Anachronisms: Scenes in the film which could only have taken place during the period spanning the late 1960s through the '70s featured computer equipment that was developed no earlier than the mid-to-late '80s.

    Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Included in Warner Home Video's 2006 6-disc DVD release “The Busby Berkeley Collection”.
    • Vitaphone release #1662.