, also known as ''Rope Detective'', is a 1996 Japanese

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erotic thriller directed by Hitoshi Hoshino (Jin Hoshino) and starring

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Plot synopsis

Shiro is the Bondage Master who has a special technique with ropes and women. When a model is found murdered and tied with Shiro's signature style, he has to find the real murderer to clear his name while eluding the vengeance of the model's

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boyfriend.

Cast

as Shiro * Yokiru Ikuta as Rumi * Ai Yasunaga as Keiko * Hiromitsu Noriyasu as Hitoshi *

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as Saya

English voice cast

* Sandy Williams as Shiro * Suzy Prue as Rumi * Petra Kosic as Keiko * Richard St. Louis as Hitoshi * Pink Champale as Saya * Kandi Snackwell as Reiko * Tristan Goddard as Vendor * Jason Maxwell as Akiyama * Barbara Busch as Satomi * Carrie Montgomery as Rina * Ted as Yamaguchi * Fergus Lawless as Masaya * Wop-Wop as Miyoshi * Eric Snare as Sano * Ted Newly as Kayama

Release

''The Bondage Master'' was released as a VHS video in Japan on April 26, 1996 by Tōhokushinsha.

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had licensed the film under their Asia Pulp Cinema label and released it on an English subtitled VHS on September 26, 2000. Central Park Media also released a DVD featuring an English audio track on June 8, 2004.

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