Teruo Ishii's Shogun’s Joy of Torture set a new benchmark for the depiction of sex, sadism and depravity in Japanese exploitation, with Ishii staging his elaborate torture methods with an unmatched verve and inventiveness.
This is an infamous omnibus of three shocking tales of crime and punishment based on true-life documented cases set during the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Ishii’s notorious portmanteau of Edo-era excess signalled a change in direction for a director until then regarded for his crime and yakuza films, setting the ball rolling on the run of grotesque historical anthologies for which he is now best remembered. Vehemently denounced by the critics of the day.
【映像特典/仕様】 ●石井輝男: Erotic-Grotesque Maestro an exclusively newly filmed interview with the author Patrick Macias ●Bind, Torture, Thrill author & critic Jasper Sharp discusses the history of torture in Japanese exploitation cinema ●Original trailer ●Image gallery