Set in the decadent mid-Edo period, this unconventional work depicts the story of a man who, after being pursued as one half of a double suicide, enters the Buddhist priesthood, breaks his vows, and emerges as a notorious villainous monk.
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Mayumi Ogawa
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Vengeance Is Mine
Yuriko Mishima
Okin
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Eiichi Kudo
Kikuma Shimoiizaka
Tatsuo Sakamaki
Tadashi Yamauchi
Reiko Ōhara
Oko
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Kunio Kunisada
Eiichi Kudō Director · Kikuma Shimoiizaka Screenplay Tadashi Yamanouchi Composer
First release March 13, 1966 · Produced in Japan · Original title 女犯破戒
Production
Toei Company
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Japan
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Original title
女犯破戒
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 13, 1966
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No release date listed for United States.
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