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''Hanzo the Razor'' is a trilogy of films based on Kazuo Koike's {{manga}} ''Goyokibe''.

Hanzo Itami is a good cop in Edo Japan, foiling nefarious plots by corrupt officials. His greatest weapon in getting information is his [[BiggerIsBetterInBed other blade]].

No relation to [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} another person named Hanzo]], nor the trope HanlonsRazor.

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!!''Hanzo the Razor'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AdaptationNameChange: The movies were based on the manga ''Goyokibe''.
* AnachronismStew: Many of the magistrates wear glasses, and the aesthetics of the movie overall are very 70s, right down to the soundtracks by famed composer Isao Tomita and PsychedelicRock musician and record producer Kunihiko Murai.
* AntiHero: Hanzo is of the Unscrupulous flavor, being a well-meaning policeman willing to gain access to information with rather [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization nasty methods]].
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Hanzo's GagPenis ''should'' reach somewhere into his victims' chest cavities. Instead of inflicting horrific pain and damage, the gigantic size of his penis is implied to be a big part of the reason his victims [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization experience so much pleasure]] that they [[MoreThanMindControl tell him anything he wants to know]].
* DirtyCop:
** Magobei Onishi is a corrupt cop.
** Heck, most of the officers in Edo Japan could be considered such, even our hero Hanzo.
*** Though the latter only by our modern definition. [[ValuesDissonance The movies treat him as a genuinely good cop because he refuses to accept bribes or take part in corrupt schemes]].
* EndOfAnAge: The second film seems to signal the film trilogy takes place in the very end of the Edo era.[[note]] One of the problems seen in the last 50 years of the Edo era was illegal infanticide reducing population growth, which the film's subplot centers on.[[/note]]
* ExaltedTorturer: Hanzo Itami, who was formerly the page's picture. He's played straight as a "good cop" who investigates his cases by raping his suspects into submission.
* ExploitationFilm: Essentially a Japanese, Jidaigeki-flavored version of the genre with plenty of blood and guts as well as a hero that rapes female victims into submission to expose devious plots by corrupt officials.
* GagPenis: Hanzo has a morning regimen for his penis that involves pouring hot water on it, then placing it against a block of wood and beating it with a switch. This ridiculous procedure is presumably to toughen it and improve his hang time during his MoreThanMindControl rapes. The impression on the block is ''huge''.
%%* GoodCopBadCop: IN EDO JAPAN!
* {{Gorn}}: Like most of Kazuo Koike's works, there's ''a lot'' of blood.
* GrayAndGrayMorality: Is Hanzo just as bad as the murderers and thieves he puts away? The fact that he rapes people for information suggests that he is for most people.
* {{Jidaigeki}}: The trilogy is essentially a series of exploitation films set in Edo period Japan.
* KavorkaMan: Shintaro Katsu isn't exactly the most attractive man, being slightly overweight…
* MoreThanMindControl: Hanzo's rape victims are [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization so overwhelmed with pleasure]] that they tell him whatever he wants to know.
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Hanzo's rapes aren't portrayed as a form of torture (he has other tools for that), but as overwhelming the victims with so much pleasure that it's MoreThanMindControl and they tell him whatever he wants to know. Probably the only way that a protagonist ''who rapes people'' could be even remotely palatable, even taking ValuesDissonance into account.
* PoliceBrutality: In addition to all the rape, Hanzo employs plenty of this as well. In one case involving a Buddhist nun, he actually tries this first before switching to his preferred method for interrogating women, [[ValuesDissonance possibly out of respect for her religious status]].
* RapePortrayedAsRedemption: A major trope in the series. Some of Hanzo's suspects whom he rapes into submission are portrayed as changing their ways.
* RecycledInSpace: It's ''Film/{{Shaft}}'' IN EDO JAPAN, with a CowboyCop as a hero and clearly lifting several {{Blaxploitation}} tropes. Heck, even the music score by Isao Tomita is straight out of the book of Issac Hayes.
* TheRival: Magobei Onishi, who Hanzo hates ("Snake Magobei!") for being a jackass who takes bribes and has (consensual!) affairs with women.

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