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The film is sometimes encountered under the later English video title \u003cstrong data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"385\"\u003eSamurai Executioner\u003c\/strong\u003e, although that title is somewhat misleading: the film is far more centred on the notorious figure of \u003cstrong data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"505\"\u003eTakahashi Oden\u003c\/strong\u003e than on the executioner himself.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"1051\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"559\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"562\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"592\"\u003eYūji Makiguchi\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film is a highly fictionalised, exploitation-era retelling of the life of \u003cstrong data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"690\"\u003eTakahashi Oden\u003c\/strong\u003e, remembered as the last woman to be executed by beheading in Japan. The cast includes \u003cstrong data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"793\"\u003eTerumi Azuma\u003c\/strong\u003e as Oden and \u003cstrong data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"820\"\u003eGorō Ibuki\u003c\/strong\u003e as Yamada Asaemon, with \u003cstrong data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"863\"\u003eYuki Tachibana\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"885\"\u003eYoshinobu Hirose\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"891\" data-end=\"907\"\u003eAkira Shioji\u003c\/strong\u003e among the supporting cast. Japanese film records list its theatrical release date as \u003cstrong data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1012\"\u003e22 January 1977\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1307\"\u003eThe film belongs to Tōei’s 1970s cycle of sensational historical dramas: violent, eroticised, lurid, and deliberately extreme. 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The right-side red copy announces the executioner’s blade and the “poison woman” legend with all the theatrical intensity expected from Tōei’s period exploitation campaigns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1941\" data-end=\"2276\"\u003eThe lower credits identify \u003cstrong data-start=\"1968\" data-end=\"1986\"\u003eYūji Makiguchi\u003c\/strong\u003e as director, with cast names including \u003cstrong data-start=\"2026\" data-end=\"2042\"\u003eTerumi Azuma\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2058\"\u003eGorō Ibuki\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2060\" data-end=\"2078\"\u003eYuki Tachibana\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2080\" data-end=\"2100\"\u003eYoshinobu Hirose\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"2106\" data-end=\"2122\"\u003eAkira Shioji\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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