Cruel Map of Women's Bodies
Synopsis. Yōko is a young woman who is forced into prostitution by a yakuza gang. She repeatedly escapes from the gang, and is repeatedly captured, and repeatedly tortured at length. Background. Director Masanao Sakao filmed "Cruel Map of Women's Bodies" for Ōkura Eiga and it was released theatrically in Japan by that studio on October 28, 1967. Sakao made several films about prostitutes throughout his career. In "Virgins With Bad Reputations" (1967), he directed Naomi Tani again, as a former prostitute trying to escape her past. Sakao found his greatest success at Nihon  Cinema studio with "Virgins and Pimp" (1968). Actress Naomi Tani, who would become known as the "Queen" of S&M film had her first experience with cinematic S&M theme in director Kin'ya Ogawa's "Memoirs Of A Modern Female Doctor" (also 1967). However, "Cruel Map of Women's Bodies" was her first film which fully explored S&M as its central theme.