Lolita: Vibrator Torture
Synopsis. A man captures schoolgirls and takes them to an abandoned freight container in Shinjuku which he has decorated with enlarged black & white images of the faces of his previous victims. He smears the captive girls with paint and shaving cream, rapes, tortures and brutally murders them. Critical reception. Allmovie, noting the film's "strong graphic visuals" judges "Lolita: Vibrator Torture" to be "[o]ne of Sato's most repellent and excessive pinku-eiga films." In reference to genre, the review concludes that "[t]he focus here is on sadism and gore rather than erotica." In their "Japanese Cinema  Encyclopedia: The Sex Films" the Weissers confirm that this "is usually cited as Sato's most grotesque film." Jasper Sharp writes that "Lolita: Vibrator Torture" "does for the marital aid what Tobe Hooper did for the chainsaw." He uses the film as an example of Satō's use of the distorting ability of the camera, pointing out the "stroboscopic intensity" that the flashing stills camera adds to the disturbing imagery of the film. Award-winning director Yūji Tajiri, one of the , cites "Lolita: Vibrator Torture" as one of the inspirations for his own career. He remembers, "One day I saw  Lolita Vibrator Torture by Hisayasu Satō, and was fascinated by this film, which was completely different from anything I had ever seen before." Satō's presence at Shishi Productions, where he directed "Lolita: Vibrator Torture" was influential in Tajiri's decision to join the studio in 1990. Availability. "Lolita: Vibrator Torture" was released theatrically on September 19, 1987. On March 22, 2002 Uplink released the film on DVD in Japan as . This was Satō's original title for the film.