Vengeance Is Mine - The Masters of Cinema Series

Violent Japanese drama based on the true story of a murderer whose crimes led to a 78-day manhunt. Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata), a middle-aged labourer from a devoutly Catholic background, seems an unlikely source of danger. However, Iwao is possessed with an urge to kill that finally expresses itself in a deadly attack on two of his work colleagues. With his rage unleashed, Iwao embarks on a killing spree that quickly makes him the country's most wanted man. However, the killer also possesses cunning. He disguises himself as a university professor, before entering into a relationship with an innkeeper, Haru (Mayumi Ogawa), but will he be able to elude justice indefinitely?

Director: Shôhei Imamura
Producer: Kazuo Inoue
Writer: Masaru Baba
Music: Shinichiro Ikebe
Cinematographer: Shinsaku Himeda
Actor: Ken Ogata
Actor: Mayumi Ogawa
Actor: Rentarô Mikuni
Actor: Mitsuko Baisho
Actor: Nijiko Kiyokawa
Actor: Chocho Miyako
Actor: Torahiko Hamada
Actor: Shohei Hino
Actor: Yoshi Katô
Actor: Goro Tarumi