The Joys of Torture

Three tales of punishment and torture set in Japan in the Middle Ages.

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.

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

Deceived by a handsome man, a young girl is exploited, a rich merchant's daughter's appetite leads her into destruction, and a sadistic lord and a member of his harem share similar tastes. The first story involves a betrayed woman. The second, a woman is turned on by unattractive men. The third, a powerful man, who has a courtyard filled with women wearing red, forces them to strip to avoid being killed.

A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Taisho, and Showa periods.

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.

A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.

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.