Vengeance Is Mine (1979 film)

Infobox Film
name = Fukushû suruwa wareniari


caption = Movie Poster
director = Shohei Imamura
producer = Kazuo Inoue
writer = Masaru Baba, Ryuzo Saki (novel)
starring = Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni, Mitsuko Baisho
music = Shinichirô Ikebe
cinematography = Sinsaku Himeda
editing = Keiichi Uraoka
distributor =
released = 1979
runtime = 140 min.
country = Japan
language = Japanese
budget =
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amg_id = 1:52280
imdb_id = 0079182

"Vengeance Is Mine" (Japanese title: 復讐するは我にあり, "fukushū suru wa ware ni ari") is a 1979 film directed by Shohei Imamura, based on the book of the same name by Ryuzo Saki. It depicts the true story of serial killer Akira Nishiguchi (Iwao Enokizu in the film).

It stars Ken Ogata as Enokizu, with Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni, Mitsuko Baisho, Nijiko Kiyokawa and Chocho Miyako. The film won the 1979 Best Picture Award at the Japanese Academy Awards.

Plot

A gut-wrenching, violent psychological crime drama from start to finish. Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is a murderous sociopath who kills two money lenders in a gory opening scene. Then flashbacks are interspersed with Enokizu's flight across Japan as his miserable childhood and the development of his malevolent, anti-social behavior are portrayed. Vicious and sexually aggressive, Enokizu's rage simmers during an earlier stay in prison as he imagines his wife is bedding down his father. Once on the run from the police, his aberrant sexual life and violent nature are further revealed in a series of gripping events.

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*imdb title|id=0079182|title=Vengeance is Mine
* [http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/vengeance-is-mine/essay/ "Vengeance is Mine" essay] by Jasper Sharp
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/REVIEWS08/879717174/1004] review by Roger Ebert

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