Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi (1968)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Teruo Ishii

Writer:

Teruo Ishii (writer)

Release Date:

28 September 1968 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Torture | Bloody Violence | Extreme Violence | Extreme Sadism | Anthology

Cast

Yuki Kagawa
Asao Koike
Reiko Mikasa
Miki Obana
Masumi Tachibana
Fumio Watanabe
Teruo Yoshida

Also Known As:

Punishment of the Tokugawa Women
The Joy of Torture (International: English title)
Femmes criminelles (France) [fr]
Shogun's Joy of Torture (Netherlands) [nl]
Tokugawa - Gequälte Frauen (Austria) [de]
Tokugawa I (Germany) (video box title) [de]

Runtime:

Germany:85 min | Netherlands:96 min (25 fps)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Germany:18 (cut version) | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Toei Company

Movie Connections:

Followed by Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei (1976)

Very harsh Japanese torture film.

"Shogun's Joy Of Torture" is the first part in Teruo Ishii's so-called "Tokugawa Series".This episode is set in seventeenth century Japan,when members of the Tokugawa clan ruled the country with fear and terror.Punishment for those who broke the rules set by the Shogunate was brutal and severe."Shogun's Joy Of Torture" tells three terrifying stories about guilt,crime,and punishment.The film is loaded with some truly shocking torture scenes,so some unprepared viewers will be offended.Women are decapitated,burned alive,beaten,whipped or torn in two by oxen.The production values are high,the cinematography is polished and the soundtrack is moody and sad."Joy of Torture" spawned seven sequels from Teruo Ishii.All of them are truly sadistic spectacles of violence and misogyny,so fans of Japanese exploitation should check them out.9 out of 10.