#384: IMAMURA, Shohei: Vengeance is Mine (1979)
IMAMURA, Shohei (Japan)
Other Imamura films in the Collection:
#472: Pigs and Battleships (1962)
#473: The Insect Woman (1963)
#474: Intentions of Murder (1964)
#207: The Pornographers (1966)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Thirty-six page booklet featuring essays by Imamura, Michael Atkinson and Toichi Nakata.
Commentary
None.
Excerpt
Vengeance is Mine [1979]
Spine #384
DVD
DVD
A thief, murderer, and charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story, of the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic family, into a cold, perverse, and at times diabolically funny tale of the primitive coexisting with the modern. More than just a true-crime case, Vengeance Is Mine bares mankind's snarling id.
140 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
in Japanese
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2007
Director/Writers
Shohei Imamura was 53 when he directed Vengeance is Mine.
Based on the novel by Ryûzô Saki.
Based on the novel by Ryûzô Saki.
Screenplay by Masaru Baba.
Other Imamura films in the Collection:
#472: Pigs and Battleships (1962)
#473: The Insect Woman (1963)
#474: Intentions of Murder (1964)
#207: The Pornographers (1966)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Thirty-six page booklet featuring essays by Imamura, Michael Atkinson and Toichi Nakata.
Commentary
None.
Excerpt
From a video interview with director Imamura, produced by the Directors Guild of Japan.
Theatrical trailer and teaser
Theatrical trailer and teaser
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