The Bloody Sword of the 99th Virgin
1959·Japan·82 min.
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The most controversial film ever produced by Shintoho, Magatani Morihei’s horror thriller Bloody Sword Of The 99th Virgin (Kyujukyu-honme no Kimusume) is set in the mountains of Iwate Prefecture - a remote area that might be described as the Ozarks of Japan. The mountain folk are depicted as superstitious, blood-thirsty primitives, which struck traditionally discriminated-against locals and others in their community as discriminatory. Probably as a result, the film has been seldom screened in Japan, and contrary to some speculation, it has never been officially banned.
DirectorMorihei Magatani
CinematographyKagai Okado
CastBunta Sugawara·Seiji Hara·Kazuo Harada·Rei Ishikawa·Kyôji Kokonoe·Sosuke Kuni·Den Kunikata·Hiroaki Kurahashi·Shin Matsukata·Namiji Matsuura·Yôko Mihara·Keiko Minakami·Akira Nakamura·Yoichi Numata·Fujie SatsukiShow all
Original titleKyûjûkyû-honme no kimusume