, also known as Rope Detective, is a 1996 Japanese V-Cinema

V-Cinema

Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...

 erotic thriller directed by Hitoshi Hoshino (Jin Hoshino) and starring Yukijirō Hotaru

Yukijirō Hotaru

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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

Yakuza

, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...

boyfriend.

Release

The Bondage Master was released as a VHS video in Japan on April 26, 1996 by Tōhokushinsha and in an English dubbed and subtitled VHS version from Asian Pulp Cinema on September 26, 2000. An English DVD from Asian Pulp Cinema was released June 8, 2004.