1969 Film Editorial note
Inferno of Torture
Original title: 徳川いれずみ師 責め地獄
Also known as Tokugawa Irezumi-shi: Seme Jigoku
Language Japanese
Subtitles English
Arrow Video Blu-ray edition.
Ishii Teruo's 1969 Toei period film combines tattooing, tying and staged punishment within the studio's late-1960s exploitation cycle.
Editorial note
Following Shogun's Joy of Torture and Orgies of Edo, it forms part of Toei's 'abnormal love' cycle. Arrow's edition pairs the film with Jasper Sharp's lecture on ero-guro culture, offering historical context for its visual language rather than evidence of historical tying practice.
People & projects
- Ishii Teruo 石井輝男 director and co-screenwriter
- Kakefuda Masahiro 掛札昌裕 co-screenwriter
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