Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku - Inferno of Torture - T.Ishii- (1969)

 


Plot from Nippon cinema: A farmer is forced to hand her daughter Nami off to the local prison warden to pay off a mounting debt. Stuck in the middle of two sexually torturous tattoo artists, Nami and other helpless women must endure her abuse until the Shogun puts an end to their immoral practices.

What should have been a sequel of "Joy of Torture", from the same director Ichii, a specialist in gore and sadism, is really a WIP movie with a strange comment on creation. Actually, apart from the others subplot,  like the one about the girl with a "chastity belt" the real central plot revolves around the "duel" between the two tattoo artists and their rivalry about a girl. But don't worry, you pervert maniacs, there is enough bondage torture and some slight gore here to keep you happy. Some aspects of this movie are really good: the sets (marketplace, the opium den), the interpretation and the overhaul production quality is top notch. Of course, there is also a few "out there" scenes, like the ones with two comical (sic) transvestites, that are amongst the imprisoned girls (soooo not funny) and the weird fluorescent tattoos defile at the end. 
If you like Pinku, S&M and Tattoo, you'll be delighted. Check it out !


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

trailer from Nippon Cinema:



If you wants to see some traditional tattoos from Japan (Irezumi), here is a nice video: 




 

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