Crimes That Made History: Season 1, Episode 6

1 - 6: Abe Sada: The Fantasy of Japanese Eroticism (1936)

On May 18th 1936, Abe Sada killed her lover by "erotic asphyxia" then cut off his member and carved his name in her flesh. In a very militarized Japan, the press was very interested in this crime with erotic and transgressive accents. News of this crime spread a made up image of Japan to the West - one where love and sexual urges are liberated.