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

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)

Trailer

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