Trivia / Masters of Horror S1E13 "Imprint"

• Banned in China: Episode 13, from Takashi Miike, was made illegal in New Zealand due to the presence of sexualized nudity during a torture scene.
• Creator Cameo: Shimako Iwai, the author of the novel Bokke e kyote (which served as the basis for "Imprint") appears in the adaptation episode as the torturer.
• Missing Episode: The episode "Imprint" was never aired in the U.S. While it dealt with a lot of subject matter that American TV censors would find abhorrent (incest, prostitution, birth defects, child molestation, and abortion), it did eventually get released on DVD. An alternate interpretation holds that Showtime deliberately withheld "Imprint" from broadcast so they could publicize the DVD set as having a "too squicky for Showtime" episode.