is a 1968 Japanese ''ero guro'' film directed by

Teruo Ishii was a Japanese film director best known in the West for his early films in the ''Super Giant'' series, and for his films in the ''ero guro'' ("erotic-grotesque") subgenre of ''pinku eiga'' such as ''Shogun's Joy of Torture'' ( 1968). He also dire ...

and distributed by Toei. The film, which can be classified as belonging to a subgenre of

pink film in its broadest sense includes almost any Japanese theatrical film that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. The Western equiv ...

s, is considered a precursor to Toei's ventures into the "pinky violent" style of filmmaking seen in the early 1970s. It was followed by '' Shogun's Sadism'' in 1976.

Cast

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* Kinji Nakamura *

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* Yuki Kagawa * Miki Obana *

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Release

In May 2005, ''Shogun's Joy of Torture'' was released on region 1

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* * 1968 films 1960s exploitation films Films directed by Teruo Ishii Toei Pinky Violence Toei Company films 1960s pornographic films 1960s Japanese films {{exploitation-film-stub