Ohyaku: The Female Demon
1968 1h 30m movie Film Japan

Ohyaku: The Female Demon

妖艶毒婦伝 般若のお百

Synopsis

妖艶毒婦伝 般若のお百

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of government gold. When this plan goes wrong and Ohyaku ends up in prison, she resolves to do anything to escape and claim revenge on the ones who betrayed her and her lover.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Ohyaku: The Female Demon. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Toei Company

Action + Drama in Japan

444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ohyaku: The Female Demon itself).

The 1967–1969 Japan Window

Ohyaku: The Female Demon holds position #33 of 68 Japan films in the 1967–1969 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. It's Tough Being a Man
    #1

    It's Tough Being a Man

    ★ 8.3 · 1969
  2. Samurai Rebellion
    #2

    Samurai Rebellion

    ★ 8.2 · 1967
  3. Portrait of Hell
    #3

    Portrait of Hell

    ★ 8.1 · 1969
  4. Two in the Shadow
    #4

    Two in the Shadow

    ★ 7.9 · 1967
  5. Ultraseven
    #5

    Ultraseven

    ★ 7.7 · 1967
  6. Farewell to the Summer Light
    #6

    Farewell to the Summer Light

    ★ 7.7 · 1968
  7. Eros + Massacre
    #7

    Eros + Massacre

    ★ 7.6 · 1969
  8. Funeral Parade of Roses
    #8

    Funeral Parade of Roses

    ★ 7.5 · 1969

The 1960s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ohyaku: The Female Demon premiered alongside 20 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 20 other Japan films in 1968.

The 289th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

14
Reviews
23rd
Review-volume percentile
5th
Popularity percentile

14 audience reviews — more than 23% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 5th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Ohyaku: The Female Demon, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • island prison · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • betrayal · 28
  • samurai sword · 16
  • tattoo · 8
  • exploitation · 8
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • samurai · 128
  • yakuza · 93

Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
14
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,850 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (38th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,133 of 1,714 (top 66%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesToei Company
Runtime1h 30m
Release DateMay 25, 1968
IMDbtt0295052