Japan Synopsis
生贄夫人
A wife charges her husband with sexual battery. He escapes from the police and goes into hiding. In three years, she divorces him and tries to put the pieces of her life back in order, when suddenly he returns. Obsessed with rage and hatred, he kidnaps her and brings her to a house in a remote wooded area. There he disciplines her vehemently, subjecting her to increasingly shocking forms of sexual torture, tetherings, suspensions and humiliations. Astonishingly, through the rage and lust, the pair develops a relationship that pushes the boundaries of lurid passions and perverse obsessions.
The 1973–1975 Japan Window
71 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Wife to Be Sacrificed sits at position #65.
#1Great Mazinger
★ 8.1 · 1974
#2Dersu Uzala
★ 8.0 · 1975
#3The Last Samurai
★ 7.8 · 1974
#4Lady Snowblood
★ 7.6 · 1973
#5Pastoral: To Die in the Country
★ 7.6 · 1974
#6Ikkyū-san
★ 7.5 · 1975
#7Belladonna of Sadness
★ 7.4 · 1973
#8Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
★ 7.4 · 1973
Other Titles From Nikkatsu Corporation
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Wife to Be Sacrificed premiered. 197 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,322 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,867 of 1,933 (top 97%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Nikkatsu Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 11m |
| Release Date | October 26, 1974 |
| IMDb | tt0228419 |
| Official Site | www.nikkatsu.com |