Vengeance Is Mine

Vengeance Is Mine

1979 · 140 min · JA · R · 7.5 (116 votes)
Dir. Shōhei Imamura · Starring Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Mitsuko Baisho, Frankie Sakai, Kazuo Kitamura, Chōchō Miyako · Music Shinichiro Ikebe

Living only for today — for pleasure. A killer who gets what he wants — including death.

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A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

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A chilling, detached descent into the mind of a remorseless killer. The film offers a bleak, existential exploration of alienation and violence, presented with a stark, unflinching realism that lingers long after viewing.

bleaknihilisticunsettlingbrutalsteadygritty realismarthousecharacter studyneo-noirnihilismalienationviolenceexistentialism
▶ Stream on Criterion Channel, Darkroom
japanbased on novel or bookseries of murders
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