Tsumi to Batsu

"Tsumi to Batsu"
A woman in a red leather suit with a katana stands beside a brown Mercedes-Benz W114, cut entirely in half. The number plate reads "Преступлéние и наказáние," the Cyrillic title of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment.
Single by Ringo Sheena
from the album Shōso Strip
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2000 (2000-01-26)
GenreAlternative rock, pop, pop rock
Length13:49
LabelToshiba EMI / Virgin Music
Songwriter(s)Ringo Sheena
Producer(s)Uni Inoue
Ringo Sheena singles chronology
"Honnō"
(1999)
"Tsumi to Batsu"
(2000)
"Mayonaka wa Junketsu"
(2001)

"Tsumi to Batsu" (罪と罰, Crime and Punishment) is Japanese singer Ringo Sheena's 6th single and it was released on January 26, 2000, by Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music. It was certified double platinum by the RIAJ for 545,730 copies shipped to stores.[1]

  1. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年3月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. March 2000 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). 486. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan: 8. May 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.