The read
A Balasaur Score of 56 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.5/10. Number 6 of 6 in its series by score. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with a young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori. The second follows Sutezo who, forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, befriends a young girl. Together, they both escape and struggle to get by on scams and petty theft.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Yuji MakiguchiDirector
- Ichirō ŌtsuScreenplay
- Seiko ShimuraScreenplay
Cast
- Yūsuke KazatoCast
- Rena UchimuraCast
- Akira ShiojiCast
- Masataka IwaoCast
- Ryuichi NagashimaCast
- Yûsuke TsukasaCast
- Tetsuo FujisawaCast
- Yasumori HikitaCast
- Mineko MaruhiraCast
- Miki MasudaCast
- Kyōnosuke MuraiCast
- Yoshiaki YamashitaCast
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Themes
sadismsadisticbrothelviolence against womenreligious warsexual violenceblood bathreligiontortureexecutionviolent deathextreme sadism