I, the Executioner (1968 film) (1968)

Original title

みな殺しの霊歌

Directed by

Tai Katō

Genre

crime film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

18

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A violent criminal sets out to get revenge after a young boy is killed. The film follows his brutal quest for justice.

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What happens

I, the Executioner (みな殺しの霊歌, Minagoroshi no Reika; aka Requiem for a Massacre) is a 1968 Japanese neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Tai Kato, who co-wrote the screenplay with Haruhiko Mimura and Yoji Yamada, based on a story by Tadashi Hiromi. The film stars Makoto Satō as a violent criminal who avenges the death of a young boy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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