Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
- Original title
- 復讐するは我にあり
- Directed by
- Shohei Imamura
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 156 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A true story about a Japanese serial killer who commits a string of murders across the country. The film follows his movements and the tangled relationships he forms while evading capture.
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What happens
Vengeance Is Mine (Japanese: 復讐するは我にあり, Hepburn: Fukushū suru wa ware ni ari) is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura, based on the book of the same name by Ryūzō Saki. It depicts the true story of serial killer Akira Nishiguchi, changing the protagonist's name to Iwao Enokizu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Garasu no Usagi (1979)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.