Shogun's Joy of Torture
A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.
A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.
Reiko Mikasa
Miki Obana
Masumi Tachibana
Fumio Watanabe
Teruo Yoshida
Asao Koike
Shin'ichirô Hayashi
Yukie Kagawa
Kichijirō Ueda
A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.
Not quite sure what to make of this. It is my first foray into the "pinky violent" subgenre. Supposedly the three stories were partially based on documentation of real stories and each one is pretty bizarre and while not very good, can't say it's bad either, just doesn't have much substance other than men's desire to torture I guess. **3.0/5**
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