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The Joys of Torture Collection

Films in Toei's The Joys of Torture series, all directed by Teruo Ishii.

8 movies 1968 – 1976 12h 7m total 6 snapshots 136 solvers
Directed by Teruo Ishii , Yuji Makiguchi

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Tokugawa onna keizu
Tokugawa onna keizu

Tokugawa onna keizu

1968 1h 30m Dir. Teruo Ishii

A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.

Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi
Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi

Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi

1968 1h 36m Dir. Teruo Ishii

A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.

Zankoku ijô gyakutai monogatari: Genroku onna keizu
Zankoku ijô gyakutai monogatari: Genroku onna keizu

Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.

Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku
Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku

Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.

Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi
Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi

A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel.

Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei
Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with a young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori.

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