Blu-ray release: ‘Shogun’s Joy Of Torture’

By   |  Feb 4, 2021

Arrow Video are bringing the 1968 Japanese ero guro film ‘Shogun’s Joy Of Torture’ (徳川女刑罰史) to UK, US and Canadian Blu-ray on February 22, 2021.

Written and directed by Teruo Ishii, the film is made up of three shocking tales of crime and punishment based on true-life documented cases set during the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate. The cast includes Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Fumio Watanabe, Kinji Nakamura, Naomi Shiraishi, Masumi Tachibana, Asao Koike, and Ken Sawaaki.

Synopsis: The first tale sees the beautiful Mitsu (Masumi Tachibana) going to horrifying lengths to tend to her older brother Shinzô (Teruo Yoshida), a carpenter injured in a work accident, but the law catches up on them and metes out a terrifying retribution after they violate the ultimate taboo. In the second, unfettered passions in a Buddhist nunnery are not allowed to go unpunished after abbess Reihô (Yukie Kagawa) and her attendant Rintoku (Naomi Shiraishi) encounter a virile young monk from a neighboring temple. In the closing segment, a sadistic torturer (Fumio Watanabe) attempts to show a tattoo artist (Asao Koike) how to depict convincing expressions of faces of pain in his work by allowing him to sketch a selection of Europeans as they are tortured for entering Japan with the aim of spreading Christianity.

Features:
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio commentary by Tom Mes
• Interview with author Patrick Macias
• Interview with author and critic Jasper Sharp
• Original trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and new artwork by Jacob Phillips
• Illustrated collector’s booklet [First press only]

‘Shogun’s Joy Of Torture’ is available for pre-order from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca.

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