 "Wife to Be Sacrificed" was filmed on location at an abandoned house, with an old-fashioned outhouse which is featured in perhaps the film's most controversial scene.Early in the film, Kunisada refuses to let Akiko relieve herself for a long period of time, and then forces her to defecate with the door open and him watching.About the fleeting shot of Akiko's excrement, Tani later commented that, "...back then, it was so shocking."