The Joys of Torture Collection
Films in Toei's The Joys of Torture series, all directed by Teruo Ishii.
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
1968
5.2
Japanese
徳川女系図
A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.
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Shogun's Joy of Torture
1968
5.6
Japanese
徳川女刑罰史
A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.
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Orgies of Edo
1969
5.8
Japanese
残酷異常虐待物語 元禄女系図
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.
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Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
1969
5.3
Japanese
異常性愛記録 ハレンチ
A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.
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Inferno of Torture
1969
5.6
Japanese
徳川いれずみ師：責め地獄
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.
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Yakuza Law
1969
5.9
Japanese
やくざ刑罰史 私刑!
A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.
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Love and Crime
1969
6.9
Japanese
明治・大正・昭和 猟奇女犯罪史
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.
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Oxen Split Torturing
1976
5.8
Japanese
徳川女刑罰絵巻 牛裂きの刑
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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