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Vengeance Is Mine R2 (Uk Import) - Imamura, Shohei
Releasedatum: 1 januari 2023
Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) and his murderous rampage which sparked a 78-day nationwide manhunt, Shohei Imamura's disturbing Vengeance is Mine won every major award in Japan on the year of its release. Both seducing and repelling with its unusual story and grisly humour, Imamura uncovers a seedy underbelly of civilised Japa nese society. Unfolding through multiple flashbacks, Ogata delivers a career-defining performance as a day-labourer and smalltime con-artist who, after killing two of his co-workers, embarks on a psychopathic spree of rape and murder. Eluding the police and public, Japan's infamous "King of Criminals" passes himself off as a Kyoto University professor, only to become entangled with an innkeeper and her perverted mother. Five years in the making, Vengeance is Mine transcends the limitations of run-of-the-mill criminal studies by presenting a portrait of a killer imbued with a poignant, tragic banality.

DVD Extra's:
Full-length audio commentary by Tony Rayns. Video introduction by Alex Cox. Production stills gallery. 32 page booklet with reprints of original promotional material and a new essay by midnighteye.com's Jasper Sharp.

€ 20.99



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