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Shogun's Joy of Torture
JAPAN · 1968

Shogun's Joy of Torture

Teruo Ishii
torture crime and punishment women and transgression feudal justice moral degradation
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Synopsis

A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.

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