#384: IMAMURA, Shohei: Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
IMAMURA, Shohei (Japan)
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
Based on the novel by Ryûzô Saki.
Screenplay by Masaru Baba.
Shohei Imamura was 53 when he directed Vengeance is Mine.
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
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
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Thirty-six page booklet featuring essays by Imamura, Michael Atkinson and Toichi Nakata.
Commentary
None.
Excerpt
60
The ExtrasThe 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
Extras Rating (0-40):
Theatrical trailer and teaser
Extras Rating (0-40):
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