Goyôkiba: Kamisori Hanzô jigoku zeme (1973)

Goyôkiba: Kamisori Hanzô jigoku zeme: Directed by Yasuzô Masumura. With Shintarô Katsu, Keiko Aikawa, Kazuko Inano, Keizô Kanie. During the currency devaluation by the Edo treasury, officer Hanzo deals with a temple priestess who sells her pupils as prostitutes, and a notorious thief who plans to rob the mint.

“More of the same in this sequel to Sword of Justice and itu0026#39;s just hard to believe itu0026#39;s not the same director. Much of the cast is the same, Hanzo is certainly the same and much of the torture, both the bloody sort and the sexual sort are the same and it still all works. We get a lady suffering the blocks this time and a reprise of the lady in the net lowering onto the big manu0026#39;s big…..u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is enough thatu0026#39;s different to hold the attention and if anything there is more blood and flesh on display in this one. Helped once more by super cinematography, direction and editing, this is another fine mix of activities, plus even more disregard for the Japanese tendency to put up with almost anything for the sake of order and tradition.”