Sada Abe - Sada Abe in Film

Sada Abe in Film

• Abe herself appeared in the "Sada Abe Incident" section of Teruo Ishii's 1969 documentary History of Bizarre Crimes by Women in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras (明治大正昭和　猟奇女犯罪史, Meiji Taisho Showa Ryoki Onna Hanzaishi?) (actress Yukie Kagawa portrayed Abe)

Also, there have been at least five films based on her life:

• 1975 – Noboru Tanaka's A Woman Called Sada Abe was released, for a Japan-only audience, but was overshadowed internationally by its more explicit successor that came out the following year.
• 1976 – Nagisa Oshima's In the Realm of the Senses which was widely banned following its release, for explicit scenes of sex and nudity.
• 1998 – Nobuhiko Obayashi's Sada was the most recent film version.
• 1999 – Sachi Hamano's Heiseiban: Abe Sada: Anta ga Hoshii (平成版　安部定　あんたが欲しい?)
• 2011 Abe Sada Saigo no Nanokakan