The Joys of Torture Collection
Films in Toei's The Joys of Torture series, all directed by Teruo Ishii.
All Titles in Order
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.
Open title →Shogun's Joy of Torture
A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.
Open title →Orgies of Edo
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.
Open title →Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.
Open title →Inferno of Torture
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.
Open title →Yakuza Law
A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.
Open title →Love and Crime
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.
Open title →Oxen Split Torturing
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. The second follows Sutezo who, forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, befriends a young girl. Together, they both escape and struggle to get by on scams and petty theft.
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