Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei (1976)

Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei: Directed by Yûji Makiguchi. With Yûsuke Kazato, Rena Uchimura, Akira Shioji, Masataka Iwao. 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.

“After a very long time, I finally tracked down a copy of this notorious flick. I had heard quite a bit about it and itu0026#39;s disturbing nature (I actively seek out the worst of the worst) and was rather apprehensive to say the least. Well, I definitely was not let down by this one! Holy wow, there was some incredibly sadistic torture methods and downright gut wrenching executions. Iu0026#39;ve been a hardened film viewer for some time and have seen it all, from the worst french extreme horror to the most underground Japanese flicks and this definitely ranks up with the most brutal of brutal.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf course, this movie isnu0026#39;t absolutely vivid, due to the time it was released, but donu0026#39;t let that fool you. The violence and torture scenes are still very raw and brutal and even made me cringe a few times (and thatu0026#39;s pretty hard to do). Everything from boiling a woman alive, roasting someone on a fire, ankle smashing and on and on. I thought I would get a cheesy 70u0026#39;s grindhouse flick, with all the cheese and over the top dialog expected of the usual fare, but this one smacked me right across the face from the first scene. No, this one doesnu0026#39;t have that silly edge to it, as many of the other flicks of this genre have. Itu0026#39;s just downright sick and harsh from moment one. Itu0026#39;s also a very well made movie with quite good acting and a great script. The super sadistic Shogun is VERY convincing as well as all of the victims which adds even more to the terrors that hold within. This is truly a shocker worthy of my collection and every other super gore houndu0026#39;s collection as well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo, if youu0026#39;re seeking out another u0026quot;sickest tortures on celluloidu0026quot;, then by all means this flick needs to be in your possession. Even if youu0026#39;re looking for a good period piece from the shogunate era, this will definitely suffice as well, but be warned, it is quite a ride through hell. It makes you wonder how people get away with such wanton hate and utter depravity throughout history. I give this a 9/10.. and definitely a 10 for the violence.”