Goyôkiba (1972)

Goyôkiba: Directed by Kenji Misumi. With Shintarô Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi, Kô Nishimura. Hanzo Itami is an incorruptible Edo officer who learns that an infamous killer has fled from his island prison. Hanzo begins tracking him down using his unorthodox interrogation techniques.

“Samurai Shaft. Someone else grabbed that before I could, but the music in this film is unmistakable. Its as if Isaac Hayes himself scored the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Samurai is a policeman, and has more in his bag of tricks that the usual Samurai swords. In fact, even when he is completely naked, he still has a formidable weapon to use in his unusual interrogations.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt doesnu0026#39;t just hang there either. He actually works it out. He beats it with a stick and rams it into what looks like a bag of pebbles to strengthen it. You just have to see it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf course, this wouldnu0026#39;t work if he had to interrogate males, so there are plenty of females that need to feel the long arm of the law. When he gets going, they will say anything to keep him from stopping.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSamurai exploitation? It appears that way. This is one Japanese film that will not be remade by Hollywood. I canu0026#39;t wait for Part 2.”