Inferno of Torture

Edo Japan. Skin as canvas. Tattooed women are luxury items. Two tattoo masters vie for supremacy as carnal art fetches a high price. One seeks only perfection; the other, total bodily inscription. Ishii's mondo-shock sensibilities and lurid imagination are not for all.

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Teruo Ishii directed Inferno of Torture in 1969. See Teruo Ishii's full filmography, where to start with Teruo Ishii, or where to go after you've seen everything by Teruo Ishii.

Inferno of Torture was released in 1969 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 95 minutes.