The Joys of Torture Collection
The Joys of Torture Collection
Films in Toei's The Joys of Torture series, all directed by Teruo Ishii.

Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968)

28 September, 1968
A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.

Inferno of Torture (1969)

02 May, 1969
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.

Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy (1968)

19 May, 1968
A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.

Orgies of Edo (1969)

09 January, 1969
Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.

Yakuza Law (1969)

27 June, 1969
A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.

Love and Crime (1969)

27 August, 1969
A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel.

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love (1969)

21 February, 1969
A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.

Oxen Split Torturing (1976)

04 September, 1976
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back no matter what it takes. 2 - When Sutezo is forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, he becomes friends with a young girl named Sato in process. Together, they both escape and try to get by on scams and petty theft.