Hanzo The Razor Trilogy

aka: The Razor: Sword of Justice; Razor 2: The Snare; Razor 3: Who's Got the Gold?
Japan 1972-1974, 270 minutes
Dir. Kenji Misumi
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Cult / Martial Arts, Sexploitation

Topics: Bad Taste.

Feat. Shintaro Katsu

Aroview: Mind-boggling samurai film series combines a 1970s taste for heroic bloodshed with a strongly Japanese sexploitation angle.

Featuring the original ZATOICHI star Katsu, as a rogue policeman who tortures himself using the 'iron penis technique' so as to render his member as a lethal interrogation tool, especially on women (!) Shockingly un-PC this plays like a period DIRTY HARRY with touches of softcore porn and a funky soundtrack, adding up to one heck of a strange artifact. The first two films in the series are particularly strong, the final outing sags a little.

Sword of Justice (1972)
The Snare (1973)
Who's Got the Gold? (1974)