Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Action, Drama
Release: 1973-08-11
Director: Yasuzō Masumura
Writers: Kazuo Koike , Yasuzō Masumura
Language: Japanese
Stars: Shintarō Katsu , Keiko Aikawa , Kazuko Inano , Keizo Kanie , Shin Kishida , Hōsei Komatsu , Toshio Kurosawa , Daigo Kusano , Kō Nishimura , Kei Satō
Runtime: 89 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (Canada) , Hanzo the Razor: The Snare , Matzu, quello sporco onesto sbirro (Italy) , Kung-fu hara kiri (France, French Republic) , Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (United Kingdom) , Goyôkiba: Kamisori Hanzô jigoku zeme (Japan) , Goyôkiba: Kamisori Hanzô jigoku zeme , Razor Hanzo's Torture Hell , Ханзо-Клинок 2: Западня , Fangs of the Detective: Hanzo the Razor's Tortures from Hell (Japan) , Razor 2: The Snare (United States of America) , Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (United States of America) , Hanzo the Razor : L'Enfer des supplices (France, French Republic)
Plot: Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead. He finds a young woman dead following an abortion, and he enters a temple without permission looking for evidence. He tortures and then sexually assaults the temple's priestess to get information. He's then assigned to protect the mint from a notorious thief. There he closets himself in the bedroom of the mint's mistress. He waits. The thief arrives - but other crimes are afoot. Devalued currency, white slavery, and government corruption lead Hanzo to one conclusion.
IMDB:tt0174707