CAV Distributing Corp.
330 Shaw Rd Ste C
South San Francisco, CA 94080
650.588.2228
Contact Us | FAQ | Mailing List | Copyright Info

 
 
CAV Distribution - Mondo Macabro

TOKUGAWA SEX BAN

Studio: Mondo Macabro | Pre-Order Date: 02/11/2025 | Street Date: 03/10/2025
Number of Discs: 1 | Production Year: 1972
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Starring: Miki Sugimoto, Sandra Jullien, Hiroshi Nawa, Yoko Mihara, Ryoko Ema, Audrey Cruise

Format: Blu-ray | Cat #: MDO310 | UPC: 843276031091 | SRP: $29.95
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo | Screen Format: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Language: Japanese | Subtitles: English

Media Links: BD Cover Art - Watch Trailer

MOVIE SUMMARY

In Tokugawa era Japan, Princess Kiyo (Miki Sugimoto), youngest daughter of mighty Shogun Ienari Tokugawa, weds country lord Tadateru Ogura. Unfortunately for Kiyo, her new husband is a “man’s man” who has no interest in women. To help Tadateru discover his sexual side, his courtiers bring in Sandra (Sandra Jullien, star of Ravishing Dany and Shiver of the Vampires), a French courtesan who arrives in a wooden box, like a porcelain doll. Her extraordinary sexual technique awakens Tadateru to the fun he’s been missing all these years.

 Unfortunately, he enjoys it so much that he decides it’s too good for commoners and so enforces a sex ban on the rest of his subjects, decreeing that any of them having intercourse will be executed. Soon the enraged populace are storming Tadateru’s castle with a battering ram shaped like a giant phallus! One of the more extraordinary films to come out of 1970’s Japan, this astonishing mixture of historical epic, sexploitation, grand guignol gore and political intrigue is a real one-off. Director Norifumi Suzuki also helmed the “nunsploitation” classic, Convent of the Sacred Beast as well as the notorious S&M themed Star of David: Beauty Hunting (1979). This is a first time US release for Tokugawa Sex Ban and a world Blu-ray premiere.

DISC FEATURES

- Brand new 2k transfer from film negative
- Digitally restored
- Interview with film critic Kōshi Ueno
- Audio commentary from Jasper Sharp
- Theatrical trailer

REVIEW QUOTES

“The film has a terrific pace, impeccable visuals and lively comic performances from a charismatic cast.” Andrew Pragasam, The Spinning Image

 “Incredible sex-comedy. Sandra Julien is astonishing. Excellent Mondo Macabro blu-ray.” cerealnomilk, Letterboxd

 “Frankly, words fail to describe this picture. You really just need to see it.” Patrick Galloway

 

 


© 2024 CAV Distributing Corporation. All rights reserved.