A Woman Called Sada Abe

A Woman Called Sada Abe
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Directed byNoboru Tanaka
Written byAkio Ido
Produced byYoshihiro Yuhki
Starring
CinematographyMasaru Mori
Music byKoichi Sakata
Distributed byNikkatsu (Japan)
Release date
  • February 8, 1975 (1975-02-08)
Running time
76 min.
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

A Woman Called Sada Abe (実録阿部定, Jitsuroku Abe Sada) aka Sada Abe: A Docu-Drama (1975) is a Roman porno version of the Sada Abe story directed by Noboru Tanaka.

It is based on the true story of a woman who strangled her lover during a love-making session, then severed his penis, which she carried with her until her arrest.[1] The story became a national sensation in Japan in 1936, developing mythic overtones, and has since been interpreted by artists, philosophers, novelists and filmmakers.[2]

  1. ^ Weisser, p.359.
  2. ^ Thompson, Bill (1985). "Jitsuroko [sic] Abe Sada". In Frank N. Magill (ed.). Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films; Volume 4. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press. p. 1570. ISBN 0-89356-243-2.