"Toei Company Ltd." "INFERNO OF TORTURE Tokugawa Irezumishi Seme Jigoku" "Teruo Yoshida" "Masumi Tachibana" "Shinichiro Hayashi Asao Koike" "Directed by Teruo Ishii" "This is it." "This small key has locked away my womanhood." "I'II be a woman again." "What'II I do now?" "What'II I do now?" "still the same, I see." "I was going to come." "Even if you can't pay you should still come by." "If you steal five ryo from someone, you'II be exiled." "If it's nine ryo, your head will roll to the ground!" "I'm not lying." "You ask him." "I was forced to serve a man named Samejima as security for my debt." "It was a strange house." "The hall curved on and on and didn't seem to end." "There were many peculiar small rooms, garishIy colored." "Strange men and women." "What is this place?" "What should I do for you, sir?" "Instead of explaining, I'II show you." "Come here and look." "You look 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 like us?" "Say something." "You're a queer bird." "I didn't know about such places." "Such places you call it." "Hey, everyone." "I don't think she's been tattooed yet." "Let's have a look." "Stop it." "I teased her just a little, then she ran in here." "Mr. Samejime, she seems pretty good." "Stop it." "Don't spoil the merchandise." "If you do whatever we tell you and earn money, you'II live well." "She's pretty good." "Genzo raped one girl after another without the madam's knowledge." "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 like hell." "Any tattoo artist would be fascinated by this perfect skin." "If the Shogun judges my tattoo best I'II succeed Horigoro." "And then Osuzu." "Then my father will 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 really promise Horitatsu?" "Their ability is about the same." "Horitatsu's tattoos are filled with air of imminent violence." "It's like the art of darkness." "Hide's are bright with pure and refined expressions." "Osuzu, it's pretty clear to me who'II be winner." "I can't lose." "It's a match, betting my love and pride." "I've got to win." "Osuzu, I will win." "definitely" "Don't lose your heads." "Don't bother me at this very important moment." "You should get out." "shall I continue?" "It's alright with me." "Then bear it a little longer." "He's like a madman." "There are even people say his skills are superior to Master Horiboro." "WeII-known artists have their quirks." "That's why I tolerate him." "Then he's doing a good job?" "He won't let me see." "welcome, sir." " I have good news for you." "Mr. Samejime, we have plenty of girls now." "You're not in a good mood, huh?" "please." "Anything wrong?" " No no, nothing." "I have news about getting more customers." "If this deal settles, we'II need all the girls we can get." "Why don't they undress?" "Take off clothes now!" "Get a Iot of women like that." "girls with tattoos are expensive." "Is that okay?" "As long as they're good, I'II pay any price." "Once you've seen a woman strip herself naked you can't help but wanting her." "You like that?" " Not now." "Let's get going." "Come over." "Come.." "You have really nice tattoo." "You should walk around showing it to the public." "well, now we will 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." "really?" "This is the best belly in the world." "How lovely" "Ohako!" "Hey you." "What's wrong?" "Don't quit in the middle of something!" "I Iove you." "They've come." "hello, there are few things I'd Iike to ask you." "Come out for questioning." "How is it?" "You must miss the outside world." "Don't ask me that, of course I do." "I'm going to get you out." "What?" "Mister, do you really mean that?" "But only if you do as I say." "Yes, I will." "Then break jail." "Break jail?" "actually, there are ten women I'd Iike to question secretly." "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 told you my secret." "I'II never talk." "I didn't hear anything." "please sir!" "You'II die." "How could you...?" "I know it's unreasonable." "But it's fine if it's something that I do." "I'II just say that you died because you resisted interrogation." "Wait, please." "I'II do as you say." "please 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..." "only me left?" "I'II be lonely all along." "Number nineteen." " Here!" "We'II be together." "Aren't we lucky?" "It's tonight." "Are you ready?" "But can we really make it?" "Everything's set perfectly." "If there are any cowards, speak up now." "well, how about it?" "Anyone who opposes us will die." "It's finished." "It's done!" "You like it, don't you?" "You understand?" " Of course I do." "It's the ability of your eyes and hands working together." "I now understand how beautiful your work is." "You've borne it well." "You must've suffered." "Your skin mustn't be spoiled." "This is a technique I stole from my master and developed." "Let's go." "Where to?" "only one possible place." "The one who'II see this first, is you who let me work on her skin." "You and I will see this before the Shogun does." "Let's move." "Being tortured on a daily basis, the time spending with this tattoo artist became a consolation." "What happened?" "Why are you crying all of a sudden?" "At first, I felt scared, shameful, and painful." "But now, being along with you..." "please take me away from here." "I'II do anything for you." "I beg you!" "Horihide, it's about time to let 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 lesbians?" "Horihide's gone and this horrible Genzo will rape me." "Any man or even any woman would be attracted to you." "Be quiet." "I'II show you what really pleases a woman." "Now I made you a woman." "This is how a man and a woman should be." "Genzo!" "You..." "please forgive me." "please!" "Genzo, I'II have you castrated for this." "Get back." "please at Ieast let my sister go." "Punish me as much as you want but not her." "Torturing your body doesn't make me feel good enough." "help..." "Yuki, you must feel horrible when you see your brother is like this." "shall I fix it so you'II never see him like this again?" "Huh?" "Yuki." "Stop it." "please, stop it." "How pitiful it sounds from one who's tortured girls himself plenty of times." "Who made me to a man like that?" "You owe me a life for saving you right before you were going to hang yourself and I even fed your little sister!" "You bitch!" "I see." "I'II repay that right now." "AII who oppose me will suffer." "I'II make you unable to be with a man ever." "Stand up!" "Don't!" "Stop it." "You're not a woman when this is locked." "As a woman you're useless now" "Open up." "You can't exploit 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 should cover it up." "He died of illness." "We'II hold a fine funeral for him." "Just make sure that no one would dig him up later." "I want to talk to you." "roll up your sleeves." "This shows you're an ex-con from the Tosa clan." "This one is from the Kumamoto clan." "I'm from Sendai." "By erasing these tattoos, you can still get away even if you were captured." "Your mark of criminal records can be covered by tattooing throughout your body." "Is such a thing possible?" "Famous tattoo artists are ready in Edo." "Your taking care of us makes me feel funny, right?" "I totally agree!" "What can we do to thank you, sir?" "I want you to work something like a geisha for two years." "Geisha?" "You'II have all high class customers." "You might create your fortune." "How wonderful." "It tickles." "Do it firmly." "It hurts." "Stop." "What a strange design?" "There's a better one." "I see." "I'II tattoo a masterpiece but I must have suitable skin." "We've given you the best girls available and you're still not satisfied." "I'd Iike to talk in another place." "What is it?" "Catching a pretty girl like me..." "How about you, baby?" "Why would you tattoo someone like me?" "I want fair white skin like yours." "Look how beautiful it is." "I must win at the Shogun's competition to be a real man." "So please help." "Wait a moment, please." "I'II show you someone who is much better than I." "A very special woman." "Tatsukishi is distraught everyday because he can't find suitable skin." "If he doesn't, you will win for sure." "You mean I'II lose if Tatsu finds good skin." "That's not what I meant." "I apologize if I offended you." "I'm sorry." "No, I'm the one to be sorry." "please don't be like that." "smile." "Horihide." "Don't worry." "I'II be sure to win." "They've covered up my work." "please forgive me, Mr. Horihide." "It happened after you left." "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 called 'The Tortures of hell' by Horihide." "It's an incomparable masterpiece." "please wait." "Excuse me." " What impudence." "nevertheless, she hasn't revealed everything yet." "What are you saying?" "If she drinks Sake you'II see." "Is there some trick?" "Give her Sake." "Damn it." "A double tattoo." "Turn around." "It's amazing that two competitors did work on one woman's skin." "The designs and colors are good." "Both did absolutely a great job." "So it's a tie." "It's good we entered Yumi." "Big shots will come for her endlessly 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 impossible that she got hold of the key." "There's no way you can give birth unless the baby comes out of your mouth!" "I want the key." "Maybe it's better this way." "The child 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!" "Osuzu!" "Hide..." "I swore I would never let anyone but you see and touch me." "Me being soiled by ink..." "I can testify that you killed Horigoro." "I have proof prepared that you did it." "You killed him for not being able to succeed his position and for your love, Osuzu being taken by another disciple." "But I can also just as easily make it look like Horihide did it." "It's all up to you." "You'II have Osuzu too." "Out of the way." "Hide, wait." "I'm innocent." "I'II definitely return." "On the 8th day of the Fukagawa Myojin festival." "Think of this as me." "I'II see you then." ""I'm innocent." "I'II definitely return."" ""On the 8th day of the Fukagawa Myojin festival."" ""Think of this as me."" ""I'II see you then." "I promise."" "I'II let you see Horihide." "The ship's pulling 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 trouble?" "You should be ashamed of yourselves." "If you want to see something nice, look at this." "Don't you know who I am?" "Who are you to talk to me?" "I've killed and robbed, and I had eight years left 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 pleased sixty men in a row" "I'm Omatsu." "I'm Okura." "Hairy chested, fat and middle aged." "I'II show you what I've got." "Look, at my wonderful tits." "Shut up!" "Cut it out." "Stop it." "Your bodies are important." "You can't scar them." "Get along together." "You'II work together in Nagasaki." "Let's go back." "Nagasaki." "I've orders for tattooed girls from Hong Kong, Macao and portugal." "In my country tattooed virgins are in demand." "We're having virgins tattooed now." "I wanna see my elder 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 sell us all to foreigners." "I suspected something strange." "We don't have to take this." "You'd better do as you're told." "You agreed to work for two years." "What are you trying to pull?" "I heard we'd have high class customers." "We're worth more than foreigners can pay." "This, my beauties, is a house of horrors." "Horitatsu is a fool." "He thinks it'II be his once the women are tattooed." "Osuzu belongs 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 let you say no." "Try and blackmail me, if you Iike." "I say you killed Horigoro." "Horitatsu, you can tell them whatever you want." "Who do you think they'd believe, you or me?" "You killed my father?" "Horitatsu helped us frame Horihide for it." "Is that true?" "Is that really true?" "What have you got to say for yourself?" "He wanted revenge on Horihide because of you." "You were taken in by a terrible guy like him." "Now it's your turn." "Now you'II feel the needle yourself." "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 silly." "I can't move." "Yuki, go to the Fukagawa Myojin festival once you arrive Edo." "A man named Horihide will be waiting for me there." "please tell him about me." "You must give this to him." "No, don't leave me alone." "We can't escape together." "Don't give up and be strong." "I'II act as a decoy while you'II escape." "alright?" "You must not be from this island." "Never seen you before." "Come with me." " No, thank you." "Wait." "The man you're with is a terrible 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 live comfortably." "How dirty." "Where did you find her?" "Let's see the face." "Bitch." " No..." "What the hell..." "She's blind." "You always bring back sick ones." "What are you talking about?" "Take a look 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 luck." "You don't have to take her." "clayton will give me ten ryo for her." "You bastard!" "Get out of here." "Master!" "Master!" "will you do a job for me?" "I refuse." "I'II pay you well." "I'm sick of oily man's skin." "I know that." "She's a young virgin." "Look at her skin." "A tattoo will look good on her." "planning to sell her to clayton?" "You know how miserable women sold to clayton end up?" "Who are you to preach?" "You're an escaped convict." "Everyone here has a past." "I'II live as I Iike." "Are you working again?" "please, 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 pitiful." "Edo's most famous tattoo artist in such a state." "please give me dope." "It can't be helped." "This is all you get for now." "When the job is finished you'II get all you want." "I've been tattooed at last." "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?" "please give it back to me." "Do you know Osuzu?" "Then you're Horihide." "Osuzu." "Osuzu, I won't let you go again." "Hide." "Osuzu." "It isn't a dream, is it?" "You came back like you promised." "Osuzu." "But it's too late." "What happened?" "I'm ruined." "Osuzu." "My father was murdered." "Samejima and Oryu killed him." "And they brought me here." "Samejima and Oryu?" "Horitatsu helped them to frame you to get exiled." "He did?" "And he ruined my skin." "He did?" "I'm sorry I ended up this way." "Damn it..." "I'II kill those who did this to you." "No, you aren't that kind of person." "You couldn't do it." "Osuzu." "Osuzu, what's wrong?" "Osuzu..." "Hide, hold me tightly." "Osuzu, don't die." "Osuzu!" "Osuzu!" "Osuzu..." "I'II swear I'II revenge you." "I'II start with CIayton's beloved daughter." "I'II show you how Osuzu suffered." "Horitatsu." "I have another job for you." "I'm... not your slave." "Don't you want to compete with Hide?" "Hide?" "Here's his letter." "He broke prison and came here." "I saw every detail 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 girl and your life will be spared." "I'II let you experience the same pain of me being exiled as well 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 hell." "Horitatsu, this is it." "fly." "Turn around." "I lost." "clayton, you're rotten." "So are Samejima and Oryu." "AII the women you sold are miserable." "Let us go." "We didn't do anything to Osuzu." "These people were responsible." "It's a lie." "He wanted her for himself." "Shut up." "You're all the same." "I'II pay you all back." "Don't move!" "If anybody moves, Honey will 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 life and Osuzu's." "Hide, I think Horigoro would have wanted you to become his successor." "I'm counting on you." "Horitatsu!" "I'II send them both to hell." "Hide, you mustn't." "You're not that kind of person." "You couldn't do it." "This is Dejima." "Do you plan to arrest me here?" "hold 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 sell tattooed girls as prostitutes abroad... and was sentenced to execution by 'Matazaki.'"