Hanzo the Razor The Snare (1973)

Hanzo the Razor The Snare 1973 Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead He finds a young woman dead following an abortion, and he enters a temple without permission looking for evidence He tortures and then sexually assaults the temples priestess to get information Hes then assigned to protect the mint from a notorious thief There he closets himself in the bedroom of the mints mistress He waits The thief arrives but other crimes are afoot Devalued currency, white slavery, and government corruption lead Hanzo to one conclusion