was a female

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ese murderer known for killing a man and being the last woman in Japan to be put to death by

beheading Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and all vertebrate animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood by way of severing through the jugular vein and common ...

. She was also suspected of poisoning her husband. The movie '' Dokufu Oden Takahashi'' is based on her life. Director

Shōgorō Nishimura was a Japanese film director. Filmography *''Moeru Tairiku , also known as ''The Blazing Continent'', is a 1968 Japanese film shot in Australia. It was made the same year as another Japanese film shot in Australia, '' The Drifting Avenger''. P ...

's ''Roman porno'' film (1983) also depicts Takahashi.

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* * 1848 births 1879 deaths 19th-century Japanese criminals 19th-century Japanese women 19th-century executions by Japan Japanese female murderers Executed Japanese women People executed for murder People convicted of murder by Japan Japanese people convicted of murder People executed by Japan by decapitation {{Japan-crime-stub