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Vengeance Is Mine
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
1979 · Directed by Shōhei Imamura · 140 min · Crime · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
Living only for today — for pleasure. A killer who gets what he wants — including death.
Crew
- Screenplay: Masaru Baba, Shunsaku Ikehata
- Cinematography: Shinsaku Himeda
- Edited by: Keiichi Uraoka
- Music: Shinichiro Ikebe
- Production design: Akiyoshi Satani
- Produced by: Kazuo Inoue
Cast
- Ken Ogata as Iwao Enokizu
- Mayumi Ogawa as Haru Asano
- Mitsuko Baisho as Kazuko Enokizu
- Frankie Sakai as Inspector Kawai
- Kazuo Kitamura as Shigomi Deike
- Chōchō Miyako as Kayo Enokizu
- Nijiko Kiyokawa as Hisano Asano
- Rentaro Mikuni as Shizuo Enokizu
- Taiji Tonoyama as Tanejiro Shibata
- Gorō Tarumi as Daihachi Baba
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: Imamura Productions, Shochiku
- Themes: japan, based on novel or book, fraud, dysfunctional family, con artist, murder, fugitive, serial killer, series of murders, police investigation
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