Vengeance Is Mine: Civilization and Its Discontents
By May 14, 2007
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- Japan
- 1979
- 140 minutes
- Color
- 1.66:1
- Japanese
- Spine #384
SYNOPSIS: 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.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Iwao Enokizu | Ken Ogata |
| Shizuo Enokizu | Rentaro Mikuni |
| Kayo Enokizu | Chocho Miyako |
| Kazuko Enokizu | Mitsuko Baisho |
| Haru Asano | Mayumi Ogawa |
| Hisano Asano | Nijiko Kiyokawa |
Credits
| Director | Shohei Imamura |
| Producer | Kazuo Inoue |
| Based on the novel by | Ryuzo Saki |
| Screenplay | Masaru Baba |
| Cinematography | Shinsaku Himeda |
| Music | Shinichiro Ikebe |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Excerpts from a video interview with director Shohei Imamura, produced by the Directors Guild of Japan
- Theatrical trailer and teaser
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Michael Atkinson, a 1994 interview with Imamura by writer Toichi Nakata, and writings from Imamura on Vengeance Is Mine and his approach to filmmaking
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Film Essays
Vengeance Is Mine
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