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By Christopher B (2,528) on 19 Mar 2008

Great film that when I rented it years ago I thought it was going to be a brutal true crime horror movie, and was given an amazing character…

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By Jason A (950) on 27 Feb 2008

So a guy gets married, goes to jail, his wife gets groped by his father who she has fallen for, the dad then pimps her our to someone who uses…

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By Bach P (46) on 21 Feb 2008

The Siskel Center series on Imamura has been wonderful, and this is one of the most gripping cinematic portraits of a cold blooded killer…

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By Private U (13,627) on 27 Jan 2008

Shohei Imamura's 1979 tale of mostly pointless revenge is, like many of his other works, largely a character study that translates poorly to…

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By Shaun P (107) on 22 Dec 2007

Its hard to review a movie like this, its so twisted…

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By Nate J (456) on 09 Dec 2007

This is perfect. iwao is an animal, yet at times you think he's going to do something good. of course, he doesn't. highly recommended…

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By Lenard K (97) on 04 Dec 2007

Bio-pic about a Japanese Christian who goes on a killing spree during the 1960s…

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By Justin B (2,000) on 28 Nov 2007

I'm still not sure whether this is a cruel film or a film about cruelty…

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By Ernie P (66) on 24 Nov 2007

I was blown away by this film…

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By Shane M (526) on 15 Nov 2007

Iwao Enokuzu deserves a place alongside Travis Bickle and Alex de Large as one of the most commanding and sociopathic antiheroes in cinema…

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By Eric R (1,431) on 10 Nov 2007

Beautifully executed character study about a serial killer in Japan…

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By Chris G (1,743) on 25 Oct 2007

A different sort of serial killer film, Shohei Imamura's Vengeance is Mine tells the true story of infamous Japanese killer Iwao Enokizu…

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By Sam R (559) on 12 Oct 2007

Um... wow…

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By Drew M (571) on 11 Oct 2007

A comedy in the darkest sense…

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By Smarty S (10) on 10 Sep 2007

Incredible character study of the haiku-reciting, psychopathic killer played by Ken Ogata. If you like gruesome murders, check this one…

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By Danny A (200) on 02 Sep 2007

Complex characters and scenarios lend to a brilliant weave of psychologically riveting brilliance. A great Imamura film for beginners…

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By Wes T (144) on 31 Aug 2007

Imamura apparently can't handle biopics either. The characters make the film seem slow, but the resolution makes the film just seem stupid and fake…

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By Greg F (281) on 31 Aug 2007

What a strance balance of tones Imamura favors…

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By Joan L (21) on 20 Aug 2007

A complex look of an irredeemable heartless con artist and murderer…

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By Joey H (370) on 19 Aug 2007

My favorite imamura film…

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