Serpent's Path (1998)
- Original title
- 蛇の道
- Directed by
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 24 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
Two men kidnap and torture a suspect to find a child murderer. One is a calm professional and the other is a grieving ex-yakuza.
tensecoldgrimdeliberatebleakmethodicalclaustrophobicslow-burnuncomfortable
What happens
Serpent's Path (Japanese: 蛇の道, Hepburn: Hebi no michi) is a 1998 Japanese crime thriller film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and written by Hiroshi Takahashi. It follows the story of two men who engage in kidnapping and torture in order to discover the identity of a child murderer. The film stars Show Aikawa as Nijima, a calm professional, and Teruyuki Kagawa as Miyashita, a grieving ex-yakuza. Positioned by Kurosawa as a continuation of his V-Cinema productions, the production company Daiei ensured that it had a theatrical release. The film has since become a cult classic. A 2024 remake written and directed by Kurosawa uses the same premise but is set in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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