Japanese Torture

  • Run time: 61 min
  • Premiere: 1978. September 1.

In the past, the only way to prove the true culprit of a crime was through physical evidence and the suspect's confession. For this reason, various torture methods were used to force confessions. However, the principle of confession was rejected in 1879, and torture was abolished. However, this is only on the surface, and torture by police and prosecutors continues to be used subtly to this day. This film is a shocking semi-documentary that exposes the reality of the numerous torture methods that stain history with gruesome blood. The story is divided into three parts and vividly depicts two cases of torture by those in power, one of a brutal lynching that covers the eyes of a husband with a lesbian wife, and another, each of which builds up abnormal sexual excitement amid the bloody scenes.

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Naomi Oka

Fuji Ito

Shirō Shimomoto

Sakuzo, Fuji's husband

Yūichi Minato

Official

Shinobu Mori

Subordinate

Kumiko Araki

Shinobu

Hajime Tanimoto

Shinobu's husband

Haruo Akiba

Jiro Shimoda

Masayoshi Nogami

Watanabe, police chief

Camera

Yuichi Nagata

Director of Photography

Makoto Mitsui

Assistant Camera

Directing

Yoshiho Fukuoka

First Assistant Director

Yōichi Shiratori

Assistant Director

Lighting

Hajime Isogai

Lighting Director

Akira Nishiike

Lighting Technician

Production

Sound

Writing

Banmei Takahashi

Screenplay

Camera

Yuichi Nagata

Director of Photography

Makoto Mitsui

Assistant Camera

Directing

Yoshiho Fukuoka

First Assistant Director

Yōichi Shiratori

Assistant Director

Lighting

Hajime Isogai

Lighting Director

Akira Nishiike

Lighting Technician

Production

Sound

Writing

Banmei Takahashi

Screenplay