The torrid adventures of Saito and Mariko continue in Volume 2 of the Tortured Lovers saga. Mariko is a brutally abused wife who gets rescued in dramatic fashion by a wandering samurai. Saito makes a run for it but is irresistibly drawn back to the dame. As he reunites with her, they become the toys of Mariko's sadistic mother-in-law whose ambitions and obscenities are unrivalled.