Killer Kenji Sasagawa (Odaka) enters the room of a luxurious apartment in the silence of the night and, finding himself in front of the boss of the Sawamura clan (Kaneko), who is with his mistress, impassively pulls the trigger of a pistol with a silencer. Kenji was hired by Sawamura's advisor, Matsumoto (Ashida). It was a cunning plan: eliminate Sawamura, sell the smuggling rights to the Hamasaki clan and make a profit. And for Kenji, the motive did not matter, as long as he was paid, his job was to kill opponents without a miss.…

影片通过三段故事展现了17世纪日本德川幕府时代的残酷风情画： 第一段：少女和病重的哥哥相依为命，还时常受到别人的欺负。后来兄妹俩发生乱伦，心怀愧疚的哥哥戳颈自杀，女孩则因乱伦罪名受到幕府的严惩…… 第二段：新来的尼姑庵主持发现小尼姑和和尚的私情，嫉妒和愤恨让她将小尼姑活活折磨致死，主持与其帮凶同样没有逃脱幕府酷刑的惩罚…… 第三段：类似《地狱变》和《禁室培育》的综合体。江户名雕长（小池朝雄 饰）最新作品“地狱变”受到酷吏南原（渡边文雄 饰）的嘲笑，为了夺回荣誉，他请求观摩南原拷打女囚的场面，最终他完成了生命中最辉煌的作品……

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