 It became an even bigger hit than "Flower and Snake", and one of Nikkatsu's all-time top five money-makers.Tani's female co-star from "Wife to be Sacrificed", Terumi Azuma, would return in the 1975 film, "", and the two would be paired in several other films until Azuma began starring in her own films in 1976.The title introduced Nikkatsu's nickname for Tani ("Black Rose"), which would be re-used in later film titles.