Takashi Miike's banned 'Masters of Horror' episode — too extreme for cable, perfect for you.
An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
Direction
Miike at his most unrestrained — banned by his own producers.
Practical Effects
Needle torture so visceral it got the episode pulled.
Director
Takashi Miike
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Showtime refused to air this as originally delivered, making it the only 'Masters of Horror' episode banned by its own network. Miike reportedly shrugged.
The 'pink film' keyword isn't accidental — Miike deliberately invokes Japan's softcore exploitation tradition to implicate the viewer as consumer of suffering.
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