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The film builds through multiple climaxes, to a point where Yuki corners the woman who oversaw the death of her family members and, finding that she has hanged herself, severs her at the waist as though slicing into a piñata.
It spawned a , 1974 , and served as inspiration for the film.
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Meanwhile, Daigoro is separated from his father when he follows a pair of traveling street performers outside of town.