A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic family—into a cold, perverse, and at times diabolically funny examination of the primitive coexisting with the modern. More than just a true-crime tale, Vengeance Is Mine bares humanity’s snarling id.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- Restored high-definition digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2005 featuring critic Tony Rayns
- Excerpts from a 1999 interview with director Shohei Imamura, produced by the Directors Guild of Japan
- Trailer and teaser
- PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Atkinson, a 1994 interview with Imamura by filmmaker Toichi Nakata, and writings by Imamura on Vengeance Is Mine and his approach to directing
New cover by Eric Skillman