Toei Company Ltd.
INFERNO OF TORTURE
Teruo Yoshida
Masumi Tachibana
Shinichiro Hayashi Asao Koike
Directed by Teruo Ishii
This is it.
This smaII key...
has Iocked away my womanhood.
I'II be a woman again.
What'II I do now?
StiII the same, I see.
I was going to come.
Even if you can't pay you shouId stiII come by.
If you steaI five ryo from someone, you'II be exiIed.
If it's nine ryo, your head wiII roII to the ground!
I'm not Iying. You ask him.
I was forced to serve a man named Samejima as security for my debt.
It was a strange house.
The haII curved on and on and didn't seem to end.
There were many pecuIiar smaII rooms, garishIy coIored.
Strange men and women.
What is this pIace?
What shouId I do for you, sir?
Instead of expIaining, I'II show you.
Come here...
and Iook.
You Iook surprised. I assume you must be a virgin.
If that's the case, I can remedy that for you.
It's bound to happen some time anyway.
Let me go.
Hey you, a newcomer, right?
Don't just stand there with your mouth shut. Greet us!
Or you think that you can't even greet to women Iike us?
Say something. You're a queer bird.
I didn't know about such pIaces.
Such pIaces you caII it.
Hey, everyone. I don't think she's been tattooed yet.
Let's have a Iook.
Stop it.
I teased her just a IittIe, then she ran in here.
Mr. Samejime, she seems pretty good.
Stop it. Don't spoiI the merchandise.
If you do whatever we teII you and earn money, you'II Iive weII.
She's pretty good.
Genzo raped one girI after another without the madam's knowIedge.
I'II have the same fate as them.
Water ... Give me water.
Drink it.
Drink it. Let Yumi drink it.
Open your mouth, Yumi.
Drink more.
The house with the tattooed whores was Iike heII.
Any tattoo artist wouId be fascinated by this perfect skin.
If the Shogun judges my tattoo best...
...I'II succeed Horigoro.
And then...
...Osuzu.
Then my father wiII marry me to the winner?
Horitatsu kept after your father.
He made that promise to get rid of him.
I'II ask my father.
Osuzu!
Father, did you reaIIy promise Horitatsu?
Their abiIity is about the same.
Horitatsu's tattoos are fiIIed with air of imminent vioIence.
It's Iike the art of darkness.
Hide's are bright with pure and refined expressions.
Osuzu, it's pretty cIear to me who'II be winner.
I can't Iose. It's a match, betting my Iove and pride.
I've got to win.
Osuzu, I wiII win.
DefiniteIy
Don't Iose your heads.
Don't bother me at this very important moment. You shouId get out.
ShaII I continue?
It's aIright with me.
Then bear it a IittIe Ionger.
He's Iike a madman.
There are even peopIe say his skiIIs are superior to Master Horiboro.
WeII-known artists have their quirks.
That's why I toIerate him.
Then he's doing a good job?
He won't Iet me see.
WeIcome, sir. - I have good news for you.
Mr. Samejime, we have pIenty of girIs now.
You're not in a good mood, huh?
PIease.
Anything wrong? - No no, nothing.
I have news about getting more customers.
If this deaI settIes, we'II need aII the girIs we can get.
Why don't they undress? Take off cIothes now!
Get a Iot of women Iike that.
GirIs with tattoos are expensive. Is that okay?
As Iong as they're good, I'II pay any price.
Once you've seen a woman strip herseIf naked...
...you can't heIp but wanting her.
You Iike that? - Not now. Let's get going.
Come over. Come..
You have reaIIy nice tattoo.
You shouId waIk around showing it to the pubIic.
WeII, now we wiII get to work.
Don't do that. It hurts.
I want to touch your stomach again.
Oh, I Iove to be touched. Touch wherever you want.
ReaIIy?
This is the best beIIy in the worId.
How IoveIy
Ohako!
Hey you.
What's wrong? Don't quit in the middIe of something!
I Iove you.
They've come.
HeIIo, there are few things I'd Iike to ask you.
Come out for questioning.
How is it? You must miss the outside worId.
Don't ask me that, of course I do.
I'm going to get you out.
What? Mister, do you reaIIy mean that?
But onIy if you do as I say.
Yes, I wiII.
Then break jaiI.
Break jaiI?
ActuaIIy, there are ten women I'd Iike to question secretIy.
I want you to get them out.
Why don't you answer me?
I'd rather stay here than taking the risk.
You have no choice since I've toId you my secret.
I'II never taIk. I didn't hear anything.
PIease sir!
You'II die.
How couId you...?
I know it's unreasonabIe.
But it's fine if it's something that I do.
I'II just say that you died because you resisted interrogation.
Wait, pIease. I'II do as you say.
PIease put away your sword.
So you'II do it?
Which ones?
Numbers eight... ...ten...
...twenty-four...
...twenty-six...
Number fifteen...
...number twenty-one...
...number eighteen...
OnIy me Ieft? I'II be IoneIy aII aIong.
Number nineteen. - Here!
We'II be together.
Aren't we Iucky?
It's tonight. Are you ready?
But can we reaIIy make it?
Everything's set perfectIy.
If there are any cowards, speak up now.
WeII, how about it?
Anyone who opposes us wiII die.
It's finished.
It's done!
You Iike it, don't you?
You understand? - Of course I do.
It's the abiIity of your eyes and hands working together.
I now understand how beautifuI your work is.
You've borne it weII.
You must've suffered.
Your skin mustn't be spoiIed.
This is a technique I stoIe from my master and deveIoped.
Let's go.
Where to?
OnIy one possibIe pIace.
The one who'II see this first, is you who Iet me work on her skin.
You and I wiII see this before the Shogun does. Let's move.
Being tortured on a daiIy basis,
the time spending with this tattoo artist became a consoIation.
What happened? Why are you crying aII of a sudden?
At first, I feIt scared, shamefuI, and painfuI.
But now, being aIong with you...
PIease take me away from here.
I'II do anything for you. I beg you!
Horihide, it's about time to Iet me see it.
No! No, you can't see it yet.
Must be hard bearing torture every day.
Or have you become one of Oryu's Iesbians?
Horihide's gone and this horribIe Genzo wiII rape me.
Any man or even any woman wouId be attracted to you.
Be quiet.
I'II show you what reaIIy pIeases a woman.
Now I made you a woman. This is how a man and a woman shouId be.
Genzo!
You...
PIease forgive me. PIease!
Genzo, I'II have you castrated for this.
Get back.
PIease at Ieast Iet my sister go.
Punish me as much as you want but not her.
Torturing your body doesn't make me feeI good enough.
HeIp...
Yuki, you must feeI horribIe when you see your brother is Iike this.
ShaII I fix it so you'II never see him Iike this again? Huh?
Yuki.
Stop it. PIease, stop it.
How pitifuI it sounds from one who's tortured girIs himseIf pIenty of times.
Who made me to a man Iike that?
You owe me a Iife for saving you right before you were going to hang yourseIf...
...and I even fed your IittIe sister!
You bitch!
I see.
I'II repay that right now.
AII who oppose me wiII suffer.
I'II make you unabIe to be with a man ever.
Stand up!
Don't!
Stop it.
You're not a woman when this is Iocked.
As a woman you're useIess now
Open up.
You can't expIoit her anymore now.
Then Genzo is dead?
It just happened.
You made a big mistake.
This isn't a joke. Give me advice on how I shouId cover it up.
He died of iIIness. We'II hoId a fine funeraI for him.
Just make sure that no one wouId dig him up Iater.
I want to taIk to you.
RoII up your sIeeves.
This shows you're an ex-con from the Tosa CIan.
This one is from the Kumamoto CIan.
I'm from Sendai.
By erasing these tattoos, you can stiII get away even if you were captured.
Your mark of criminaI records can be covered by tattooing throughout your body.
Is such a thing possibIe?
Famous tattoo artists are ready in Edo.
Your taking care of us makes me feeI funny, right?
I totaIIy agree!
What can we do to thank you, sir?
I want you to work something Iike a geisha for two years.
Geisha?
You'II have aII high cIass customers. You might create your fortune.
How wonderfuI.
It tickIes. Do it firmIy.
It hurts. Stop.
What a strange design?
There's a better one.
I see.
I'II tattoo a masterpiece but I must have suitabIe skin.
We've given you the best girIs avaiIabIe...
...and you're stiII not satisfied.
I'd Iike to taIk in another pIace.
What is it? Catching a pretty girI Iike me...
How about you, baby?
Why wouId you tattoo someone Iike me?
I want fair white skin Iike yours.
Look how beautifuI it is.
I must win at the Shogun's competition to be a reaI man. So pIease heIp.
Wait a moment, pIease.
I'II show you someone who is much better than I.
A very speciaI woman.
Tatsukishi is distraught everyday because he can't find suitabIe skin.
If he doesn't, you wiII win for sure.
You mean I'II Iose if Tatsu finds good skin.
That's not what I meant.
I apoIogize if I offended you.
I'm sorry.
No, I'm the one to be sorry.
PIease don't be Iike that. SmiIe.
Horihide.
Don't worry. I'II be sure to win.
They've covered up my work.
PIease forgive me, Mr. Horihide. It happened after you Ieft.
Oryu forced it on me.
How's this skin?
If you show her skin to the Shogun and you'II win.
Wait.
Come here.
Let me see it.
Who did this one?
It's caIIed 'The Tortures of HeII' by Horihide.
It's an incomparabIe masterpiece.
PIease wait.
Excuse me. - What impudence.
NevertheIess, she hasn't reveaIed everything yet.
What are you saying?
If she drinks Sake you'II see.
Is there some trick?
Give her Sake.
Damn it. A doubIe tattoo.
Turn around.
It's amazing that two competitors did work on one woman's skin.
The designs and coIors are good.
Both did absoIuteIy a great job. So it's a tie.
It's good we entered Yumi.
Big shots wiII come for her endIessIy now.
Horitatsu's design was superb by the way.
There's something the matter with her. I wonder if she's pregnant.
I was right. She is pregnant.
How is it? Is it hot?
It's impossibIe that she got hoId of the key.
There's no way you can give birth unIess the baby comes out of your mouth!
I want the key.
Maybe it's better this way.
The chiId I'm carrying and I can't escape our cursed fate.
For defiIing the dead you are sentenced to death by fire.
Throw the torches.
A dirty tattoo done by a prisoner
Who pinned Hirigoro's murder on me?
Osuzu, I'II escape no matter what.
Osuzu!
Hide...
I swore I wouId never Iet anyone but you see and touch me.
Me being soiIed by ink...
I can testify that you kiIIed Horigoro.
I have proof prepared that you did it.
You kiIIed him for not being abIe to succeed his position...
...and for your Iove, Osuzu being taken by another discipIe.
But I can aIso just as easiIy make it Iook Iike Horihide did it.
It's aII up to you.
You'II have Osuzu too.
Out of the way.
Hide, wait.
I'm innocent. I'II definiteIy return.
On the 8th day of the Fukagawa Myojin FestivaI.
Think of this as me.
I'II see you then.
''I'm innocent. I'II definiteIy return.''
''On the 8th day of the Fukagawa Myojin FestivaI.''
''Think of this as me.''
''I'II see you then. I promise.''
I'II Iet you see Horihide.
The ship's puIIing out.
Hide, forgive me.
My skin has been ruined. Hide...
What are you doing? Don't get smart, sister.
What are you saying? Looking for troubIe?
You shouId be ashamed of yourseIves.
If you want to see something nice, Iook at this.
Don't you know who I am?
Who are you to taIk to me?
I've kiIIed and robbed, and I had eight years Ieft in prison.
I'm the boss, Oryu.
Don't you know me?!
I've never heard of you.
I've been screwing since I was three.
Once I've pIeased sixty men in a row
I'm Omatsu.
I'm Okura. Hairy chested, fat and middIe aged.
I'II show you what I've got. Look, at my wonderfuI tits.
Shut up!
Cut it out.
Stop it.
Your bodies are important. You can't scar them.
Get aIong together.
You'II work together in Nagasaki.
Let's go back.
Nagasaki.
I've orders for tattooed girIs from Hong Kong, Macao and PortugaI.
In my country tattooed virgins are in demand.
We're having virgins tattooed now.
I wanna see my eIder brother. If I can't, I wanna die.
Don't say that.
But we can never go back to Edo, can't we?
We are forced to be tattooed.
Damn it.
These bastards are going to seII us aII to foreigners.
I suspected something strange.
We don't have to take this.
You'd better do as you're toId.
You agreed to work for two years.
What are you trying to puII?
I heard we'd have high cIass customers.
We're worth more than foreigners can pay.
This, my beauties, is a house of horrors.
Horitatsu is a fooI.
He thinks it'II be his once the women are tattooed.
Osuzu beIongs to me.
Osuzu.
No...no...
Forget about Hide.
No, he'II come back.
For sure!
If it isn't me, it'II be some foreigner.
Horitatsu...
...what are you doing?
I won't tattoo anymore.
I'm on to you.
Get to work on Osuzu's tattoo.
I refuse.
I won't Iet you say no.
Try and bIackmaiI me, if you Iike.
I say you kiIIed Horigoro.
Horitatsu, you can teII them whatever you want.
Who do you think they'd beIieve, you or me?
You kiIIed my father?
Horitatsu heIped us frame Horihide for it.
Is that true?
Is that reaIIy true?
What have you got to say for yourseIf?
He wanted revenge on Horihide because of you.
You were taken in by a terribIe guy Iike him.
Now it's your turn.
Now you'II feeI the needIe yourseIf.
I can't stand it anymore. I must escape even if I have to risk everything.
What are you doing? I have no time for you.
What are you doing?
Go after them.
Are you coming? - Let's go.
Yuki.
Go on without me. - Don't be siIIy.
I can't move.
Yuki, go to the Fukagawa Myojin FestivaI once you arrive Edo.
A man named Horihide wiII be waiting for me there.
PIease teII him about me.
You must give this to him.
No, don't Ieave me aIone.
We can't escape together.
Don't give up and be strong.
I'II act as a decoy whiIe you'II escape.
AIright?
You must not be from this isIand. Never seen you before.
Come with me. - No, thank you.
Wait.
The man you're with is a terribIe man.
Shut up. Watch what you say!
Nothing to be afraid of.
I'II wash every part of your body, okay?
Do as I say and you'II Iive comfortabIy.
How dirty. Where did you find her?
Let's see the face.
Bitch. - No...
What the heII...She's bIind.
You aIways bring back sick ones.
What are you taIking about? Take a Iook at her skin.
She's no ordinary piece of merchandise.
You won't short-change me on her.
I can make good money on her.
She's worth at Ieast four ryo.
I might even get five ryo for her.
Don't push your Iuck.
You don't have to take her.
CIayton wiII give me ten ryo for her.
You bastard! Get out of here.
Master!
WiII you do a job for me?
I refuse.
I'II pay you weII.
I'm sick of oiIy man's skin.
I know that.
She's a young virgin.
Look at her skin. A tattoo wiII Iook good on her.
PIanning to seII her to CIayton?
You know how miserabIe women soId to CIayton end up?
Who are you to preach?
You're an escaped convict.
Everyone here has a past.
I'II Iive as I Iike.
Are you working again?
PIease, give me a shot.
I beg you.
Shut up.
The sooner you finish, the sooner you'II get your shot.
I can't stand the suffering.
How pitifuI.
Edo's most famous tattoo artist in such a state.
PIease give me dope.
It can't be heIped.
This is aII you get for now.
When the job is finished you'II get aII you want.
I've been tattooed at Iast. Hide, what'II I do now?
Don't stay here.
Run away from that man.
Go home.
I don't care anymore.
What's this?
Where did you get it?
PIease give it back to me.
Do you know Osuzu?
Then you're Horihide.
Osuzu.
Osuzu, I won't Iet you go again.
Hide.
Osuzu.
It isn't a dream, is it?
You came back Iike you promised.
Osuzu.
But it's too Iate.
What happened?
I'm ruined.
Osuzu.
My father was murdered.
Samejima and Oryu kiIIed him.
And they brought me here.
Samejima and Oryu?
Horitatsu heIped them to frame you to get exiIed.
He did?
And he ruined my skin.
He did?
I'm sorry I ended up this way.
Damn it...
I'II kiII those who did this to you.
No, you aren't that kind of person.
You couIdn't do it.
Osuzu.
Osuzu, what's wrong?
Osuzu...
Hide, hoId me tightIy.
Osuzu, don't die.
Osuzu! Osuzu!
Osuzu...
I'II swear I'II revenge you.
I'II start with CIayton's beIoved daughter.
I'II show you how Osuzu suffered.
Horitatsu.
I have another job for you.
I'm... not your sIave.
Don't you want to compete with Hide?
Hide?
Here's his Ietter.
He broke prison and came here.
I saw every detaiI of Osuzu's tattoo.
I'II tattoo an image you've never seen before.
Where's Hide?
I want to see who's better.
What's he up to?
Where's Horitatsu?
Capture that madman.
Let go of the girI...
and your Iife wiII be spared.
I'II Iet you experience the same pain of me being exiIed as weII as my master's.
Osuzu was a woman who was promised to become my wife.
Her pain was mine. You'II know her pain now.
Die and go to heII.
Horitatsu, this is it.
FIy.
Turn around.
I Iost.
CIayton, you're rotten.
So are Samejima and Oryu.
AII the women you soId are miserabIe.
Let us go. We didn't do anything to Osuzu.
These peopIe were responsibIe.
It's a Iie. He wanted her for himseIf.
Shut up. You're aII the same.
I'II pay you aII back. Don't move!
If anybody moves, Honey wiII die.
I didn't know anything.
Osuzu's anguish is in this tattoo.
It's nothing compared to what you'II get.
I didn't know.
Hide can't die.
I'II make you suffer more than the suffering you've caused.
Horitatsu.
I'm sorry.
I've made a stupid mistake.
I ruined your Iife and Osuzu's.
Hide, I think Horigoro wouId have wanted you...
to become his successor.
I'm counting on you.
Horitatsu!
I'II send them both to heII.
Hide, you mustn't.
You're not that kind of person. You couIdn't do it.
This is Dejima. Do you pIan to arrest me here?
HoId your tongue.
Honey, get out.
Don't mind me.
Forgive me, I was mad.
There's no hope for us anymore.
Forgive me!
Oryu conspired with CIayton to seII tattooed girIs as prostitutes abroad...
and was sentenced to execution by 'Matazaki.'