Fairy in a Cage (Nikkatsu, 1977) is a classic Japanese pinku film. It was directed by Koyu Ohara.
During World War II, the tyrannical Judge Murayama uses his military power to imprison and torture innocent people. During the opening credits, we see him torturing one of his female prisoners Namiji (Reika Maki). She is first tied kneeling against the table with her ass sticking out. She gets a nicely shot ass whipping. She is then tied sitting down with a lit candle near her pussy. He then burns her pussy with the candle (implied). She next is tied kneeling face down with her hands tied behind her with her ass sticking out. He then administers an enema. The expulsion of waste is not shown on camera. She is finally tied in a standing X-position. He takes a knotted rope and slides it harshly across her pussy. The tortures were brief, but were an exciting way to open the movie.
In a later scene, we see Murayama tie up his girlfriend, Kayo (Rei Okamoto), standing against a wooden post. He rapes her with a dildo. It is however a consensual scene with the story of her being jealous of all the female prisoners he is giving attention to.
We later see the arrest of Kimiko Kikushima (Naomi Tani). Murayama was smitten with her, but unable to arrest her unless she committed a crime. They were finally able find a good reason to charge and arrest her. She has been accused of funding an anti-war movement. She denies the accusations. With her refusal, they take her and his male tied accomplice to a torture room.
Kimiko is told to strip out of her Kimono. She is almost forcefully stripped, but she complies and strips off the kimono herself. While she is nearly naked, she is forced to watch as her bound male accomplice is beaten and interrogated. They then throw them both in their own separate cells for the night. She is finally tied up for the first time with her arms behind her back.
To start, they torture Kimiko by suspending her upside down with her arms tied behind her. They start by rubbing a feather all over her naked body. They then take a pot of water and pour it on her naked pussy. We also get a scene where Kaya rapes the poor male accomplice.
In the next scene, Kimiko needs to go pee. She is tied up tightly with her arms tied up front. She walks over to the bucket to pee in, but the soldier kicks it away. He then leads her to a toilet where the bottom is cut out. Below we can see Muryama, Kaya, and the chief soldier waiting below for her to piss in the bowl. The soldier forces her to piss into the bowl below. Very sexy scene.
Kimiko is next forced to sit on a metal horse with a red cloth panties covering her pussy and her arms tied above her. The soldier at times pushers her pussy down into the horse. Everyone watches her suffer.
Meanwhile, the Kayo and the male accomplice have some of their own fun. Our male prisoner is able to take the keys while she is out from the sex they just had. He and Kimiko attempt to escape, but they are caught.
Kimiko along with the male prisoner are both tied up. Kimiko is tied spread out on top of a table. They apply an itching cream to both of their genital areas. They are thrown into their cells to suffer their itchy torture while bound in rope. They allow them to relieve their itching by letting them rub each other with their bodies. A consensual, but pretty sexy scene. This gives them a chance to charge them with adultery.
Some plot ensues and the soldier kills his superior officer and escapes with Kimiko. He had developed sexual feelings for her. The rest of the military police go after them. They end up hiding in a barn. He then rapes her unbound who clearly has no energy to fight back. The rape scene is really weak however.
They are eventually captured and executed by a firing squad within the barn. A pretty decently shot death scene by gunfire. They then set the barn ablaze along with the two prisoners.
Pros:
Great acting by Naomi Tani. She has done bondage with Nikkatsu before and is still great like in her other movies with them.
Great acting by the villains.
A decent story to go along with the GIMP scenes.
Cons:
Weak rape scene.
Torturing of men is also involved.
Overall, I would give the movie an A. Great variety of torture scenes befall our female victim. Wish there was less male torture scenes, but the female torture was more predominant which made me happy. Other than the poor rape scene, the movie had great production value for the time.