JOYS OF TORTURE Collection [Vol #2] 4 films by Teruo Ishii
4868DVD
Four
Complete Uncut Motion Pictures on Four Discs
Original Japanese language with optional
ON/OFF English subtitles
Between
1968-73, Teruo Ishii directed eight movies which have become known as
the Joys of Torture series.
This DVD package is Volume Two Click
Here for VOLUME ONE
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FILM ONE ABNORMAL AND ABUSIVE LOVE: SHAMELESS [Ijo Seiai Kiroku Harenchi]
(1969)
director Teruo Ishi
starring: Teruo Yoshida · Masumi Tachibana · Mieko Fujimoto · Yuki Kagawa
FILM TWO YAKUZA LAW: LYNCH! [Yakuza Keibatsu-shi: Rinchi!]
(1969)
director Teruo Ishi
starring: Ryutaro
Ohtomo · Bunta Sugawara · Masumi Tachibana · Renji Ishibashi
FILM THREE MEIJI·TAISHO·SHOWA: GROTESQUE CASES OF CRUELTY BY WOMEN [Meiji Taisho Showa: Ryoki Onna Hanzaishi] (1969)
director Teruo Ishi
starring: Teruo Yoshida · Yukie Kagawa · Eiji Wakasugi ·
Asao Koike
FILM FOUR PORNO SAMURAI: BOHACHI CODE OF HONOR [Poruno Jidaigeki: Bohachi
Bushido] (1973)
director Teruo Ishi
starring: Tatsuro Tanba · Goro Obuki · Shiro Kuno · Ruriko Ikejima
Director Teruo Ishii's cold, no-nonsense approach to sadistic behavior
makes this film all the more aberrant. Originally released as the second
part of his Joys of Torture series (1968-73), these projects were known
as "Ero-Gro" (Erotic Grotesque), a term still used today in Japan to
describe the most perverse of the S&M genre.
These films (with the exception of #2) deal mostly with male/female
relationships and the mistreatment is decidedly misogynistic. The second
one, YAKUZA LAW, is an ultra violent production with lots of macho guys
loosing fingers, hands, arms and eyeballs while engaging in gangster
behavior. Like most others in the series, the film is comprised of three
vignettes [one set in the Edo period, the second in the 1920s and the
third is contemporary].
The
third film GROTESQUE CASES OF CRUELTY BY WOMEN has a more modern setting
dealing with "true cases" of women behaving badly and finding
punishment as a result. They take place in 1890 (Meiji Era), 1915 (Taisho)
and 1925 (Showa).
In
#4, an exceptionally vibrant movie, Tetsuro Tanba plays Shiro, a mercenary
swordsman who attempts suicide but is revived by two prostitutes. He
learns they are captive slaves of Bohachi, a vicious Yakuza gang. Shiro
agrees to help them eliminate their masters.
Four Japanese films in a 4-Disc package; with optional ON/OFF English
subtitles)
widescreen
format, (350 total minutes), encoded for ALL REGIONS NTSC FORMAT;
extras include Teruo Ishii trailers.
Nudity/Graphic
Violence/Sexual Brutality/Rape/
Gore/S&M/B&D/Strong Sexual Themes
For Adult Audiences only 18+
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