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Serpent's Path

2024 · 113 min

A cold, methodical descent into vengeance that unsettles more than it shocks, keeping you uneasy and watchful throughout.

Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Genres: Thriller, Crime
Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Damien Bonnard, Hidetoshi Nishijima

Overview: A mysterious woman teams up with a man whose daughter was killed and who is now seeking revenge. Together they kidnap members of an organization and torture them to find out what really happened.

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Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Genres: Thriller, Crime
Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Damien Bonnard, Hidetoshi Nishijima

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
grief
obsession
morality
crime
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: thriller, crime
Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by: Aurélien Ferenczi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Damien Bonnard, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Munetaka Aoki, Mathieu Amalric, Grégoire Colin, Vimala Pons, Slimane Dazi
Music: Nicolas Errèra
Cinematography: Alexis Kavyrchine
Runtime: 113 min
Country: France, Japan, Belgium, Luxembourg
Languages: French, Japanese

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