A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling snakes at each other, and engaging in mild flesh eating.

Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.

Midori Satsuki stars as a serial seducer who destroys one man’s life after another. Finally she seduces a professional killer, with disastrous consequences.

An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.

影片讲述德川时期发生的两个残酷故事： 牛裂篇：长崎当地官员高坂主膳（汐路章 饰）残暴成性，发明各种酷刑迫害基督教徒。在官府奉职的佐佐木伊织（风户佑介 饰）与女孩登世（内村レナ 饰）相爱，然登世一家为基督徒，不久也被抓进官府。登世父母不堪折磨，相继惨死，妹妹亦被烫瞎双眼。得知内情的高坂有意在伊织面前侮辱登世，并将其霸占，令二人痛苦不已。一年后，沦为浪人的伊织带登世逃跑，途中伊织被高坂杀害，登世则因通奸罪遭受了残酷的牛裂之刑。 锯刑篇：贪图享乐的舍藏（川谷拓三 饰）逛青楼无钱付帐，被逼做工偿还，期间目睹了妓女们所遭受的种种折磨。舍藏无法继续忍受，偕相好的妓女大里（橘麻纪 饰）逃亡，靠“仙人跳”为生，中间闹出不少笑话。后二人被官府捉拿，遭受一系列痛苦刑法……