The Bondage Master

The Bondage Master (縄師事件簿, Nawa Shi Jikenbo), also known as Rope Detective, is a 1996 Japanese V-Cinema erotic thriller directed by Hitoshi Hoshino (Jin Hoshino) and starring Yukijirō Hotaru.

Plot synopsis

Shiro is the Bondage Master who has a special technique with ropes and women. When a model is found murdered and tied with Shiro’s signature style, he has to find the real murderer to clear his name while eluding the vengeance of the model’s yakuza boyfriend.

Cast

Yukijirō Hotaru as Shiro

Yokiru Ikuta as Rumi

Ai Yasunaga as Keiko

Hiromitsu Noriyasu as Hitoshi

Hitomi Shiraishi as Saya

English voice cast

Sandy Williams as Shiro

Suzy Prue as Rumi

Petra Kosic as Keiko

Richard St. Louis as Hitoshi

Pink Champale as Saya

Kandi Snackwell as Reiko

Tristan Goddard as Vendor

Jason Maxwell as Akiyama

Barbara Busch as Satomi

Carrie Montgomery as Rina

Ted as Yamaguchi

Fergus Lawless as Masaya

Wop-Wop as Miyoshi

Eric Snare as Sano

Ted Newly as Kayama

Release

The Bondage Master was released as a VHS video in Japan on April 26, 1996 by Tōhokushinsha. Central Park Media had licensed the film under their Asia Pulp Cinema label and released it on an English subtitled VHS on September 26, 2000. Central Park Media also released a DVD featuring an English audio track on June 8, 2004.

See also

Sadism and masochism in fiction

References

External links

The Bondage Master at IMDb