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Vengeance Is Mine

1979 · 140 min

A cold, unsettling plunge into a killer's mind, told in jagged flashbacks that feel like a grim true-crime fever dream.

Tagline
Living only for today — for pleasure. A killer who gets what he wants — including death.
Overview
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • violence
  • family
  • obsession
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
Written by
Shunsaku Ikehata, Masaru Baba
Starring
Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Mitsuko Baisho, Frankie Sakai, Kazuo Kitamura, Chōchō Miyako, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Rentaro Mikuni
Music
Shinichiro Ikebe
Cinematography
Shinsaku Himeda
Runtime
140 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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