The Films of Hisayasu Sato: Volume #1 (Re-Wind / Lustmord / Love Letter in the Sand)

Two-disc set includes: Lustmord (Boko Honban) (1987)Socially stunted teen Eiji wanted to continue his researcher father's delving into the connection between pleasure and pain. He concocted a serum that would make it's recipients carnally crave agony-and he'd make unsuspecting patients of his physician mother his guinea pigs. Hisayasu Sato's pinku precursor to his 1996 horror opus "Naked Blood" stars Nanako Fujitani, Yui Hoshikawa, Yutaka Ikejima. AKA: "Pleasure Kill." 58 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Re-Wind (Abunomaru: Ingyaku) (1987)A young sex shop worker took home an unmarked tape to discover that it was a point-of-view snuff film... and found himself becoming obsessed with the grisly opus. As he crosses paths with a cop's girlfriend who's pursuing her own investigation about the video, they might pay a high price for their curiosity. Hisayasu Sato's homage to "Peeping Tom" stars Kiyomi Ito, Kazuhiro Sano, Reika Kazami. AKA: "Celluloid Nightmare," "Abnormal." 64 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Love Letter In The Sand (Hentai Byoto: Hakui Seme) (1978)While the city was held in terror by a rampaging killer wielding a metal baseball bat, a hospital nurse tended to a recently admitted amnesiac. As she develops feelings for her charge, will her suspicions that he's actually the slugging sociopath be compromises by her desire for him? Hisayasu Sato's color-saturated stunner stars Maya Shiraki, Yoko Fujita, Shigeru Sasaki. AKA: "Pervert Ward: Torturing the White Uniform." 61 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes. In Japanese with English subtitles.