Vengeance is Mine

1979

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.

JBscale

Superior

Film Detail

Genre

Crime - Drama

Length

2 hrs. 21 mins.

US Theatrical Release

October 17, 1979

US Box Office

$11,891 (#6976 of 7074)

Global Office

No Data Available

Rating

Not Rated

Collection Detail

Release Method

Criterion Collection #384 Digital Only

Aquired Format

iTunes

Aspect Ratio

WS 1.66:1

Audio

Japanese: DDS

Studio

Criterion

Released

August 26, 2014

Acquired Date

December 20, 2024

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Actors

Ken Ogata

Rentarô Mikuni

Chôchô Miyako

Mitsuko Baishô

Mayumi Ogawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Taiji Tonoyama

Gorô Tarumi

Moeko Ezawa

Kazuko Shirakawa

Furankî Sakai

Toshie Negishi

Yoshi Katô

Directors

Shôhei Imamura

Producers

Kazuo Inoue

Writers

Masaru Baba

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