Synopsis:
The Joy of Torture is an anthology that is made up of three separate stories that all intersect: The first segment is about Shinza who was hurt while working when a log hit him on the head, and now sister Mitsu is forced to give herself to her brother’s boss Mr. Mino in order to help pay for Shinza’s doctor bills. The second segment is about the arrival of mother Reiho and her servant Rintoku at the Jukuin monastery. The monastery is located near a temple inhabited by priests and one day when one of them named Shunkei runs by Reiho he arouses something inside of her. The final segment is about a tattoo artist named Horicho who has just given Kimicho his greatest tattoo to date. While showing his work off to a group of people, a man named Lord Nambera walks by mocking the tattoo and its lack of realism. (imdb)Read More »
Teruo Ishii
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Teruo Ishii – Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi AKA Shogun’s Joy of Torture (1968)
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Teruo Ishii – Ijô seiai kiroku: Harenchi AKA Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love (1969)
Teruo Ishii1961-1970DramaEroticaJapanSynopsis:
“A young woman is forced into a relationship with her superior. He turns out to be a psychopathic pervert and makes her life a living hell by means of molestation and rape!”Read More » -
Teruo Ishii – Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken AKA The Executioner (1974)
1971-1980ActionJapanMartial ArtsTeruo IshiiWhen regular police procedure fails, an ex-police captain recruits a group of deadly assassins to take down a corrupt Yakuza boss. Their first assignment is to intercept a briefcase belonging to a Latin American gang that is smuggling drugs into Japan. Led by Ryuichi Koga (Sonny Chiba), the last descendant of the Koga Ninja clan, they will leave a trail of bodies along their way through Japan’s underworld.Read More »
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Teruo Ishii – Chokugeki jigoku-ken: Dai-gyakuten AKA The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974)
1971-1980ActionJapanMartial ArtsTeruo IshiiWhen a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. At a ransom exchange, the team gets the girl back but lose the money and the jewel. When Sabine decides to deal directly with the thieves and obtains the jewel on her own by paying the ransom, Koga, having been stiffed of his fee by Sabine, steals the jewel. Little does he know, it’s a fake. Now, Koga and the team must break into a high security bank to steal the real jewel.Read More »
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Teruo Ishii – Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku AKA Inferno of Torture (1969)
1961-1970ExploitationHorrorJapanTeruo IshiiSynopsis:
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.Read More » -
Teruo Ishii – Nyotai sanbashi aka Flesh Pier (1958)
1951-1960CrimeJapanTeruo IshiiQuote:
Director Teruo Ishi’s crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It’s done in an unique documentary styleRead More » -
Teruo Ishii – Gensen-Kan Shujin AKA Master of the Gensenkan Inn (1993)
1991-2000ArthouseHorrorJapanTeruo IshiiSynopsis by AMG:
After a 14-year-absence, Teruo Ishii returned to the director’s chair with this anthology film based on the works of manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge. The main character in all four segments is a fledgling cartoonist named Tsube (Shiro Sano). In the first segment, Tsube encounters a dotty old man named Ri (Akio Yokoyama) after renting a tumble-down cottage in the country. The following day, Ri, his equally weird wife (Chika Nakagami), and his two squalid children move into his house. Soon the wife is stealing the cucumbers in his garden while the two kids devour all the food in the house.Read More » -
Teruo Ishii – Hîchirimen bâkuto – Nôbarydu takahadâ AKA The Tattooed Swordswoman AKA Black Cat’s Revenge AKA The Blind Woman’s Curse (1970)
1961-1970HorrorJapanTeruo IshiiThrillerSynopsis:
Akemi and the man of her clan confront their opponents; Akemi delivers a sword thrust to kill the opponents’ leader, and Aiko, his daughter, tries to interpose herself, suffering a glancing blow to her eyes, thus cutting her badly, and blinding her. Amid the ensuing fight, no one notices that a black cat laps the young woman’s wound. Years later, revenge between the two clans continue, plus added dissension amongst Akemi’s people, leading to more deaths. A new member comes to help them, but she is a strange woman – and blind. The curse of the blind woman is about to fell on the dragon-lady.Read More »