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Vengeance Is Mine Criterion #34 Rare LD Boxset Drama

"Gut-Wrenching, Violent Psychological Crime Drama..."

Vengeance Is Mine Criterion #34 Rare LD Boxset Drama

"Gut-Wrenching, Violent Psychological Crime Drama..."

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Vengeance Is Mine Criterion #34 Rare LD Boxset Drama

"Gut-Wrenching, Violent Psychological Crime Drama..."

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Ken Ogata & Rentaro Mikun in...Shohei Imamura's...

Vengeance Is Mine

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1134L )
(1.33:1) (5 Sides) (CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Japanese Language with English Subtitles

Vengeance Is Mine
1979 - 129 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
A gut-wrenching, violent psychological crime drama from start to finish, this award-winning film by noted Japanese director Shohei Imamura is based on a true story. Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is a murderous sociopath who kills two money lenders in a gory opening scene. Then flashbacks are interspersed with Enokizu's flight across Japan as his miserable childhood and the development of his malevolent, anti-social behavior are portrayed. Vicious and sexually aggressive, Enokizu's rage simmers during an earlier stay in prison as he imagines his wife is bedding down his father. Once on the run from the police, his aberrant sexual life and violent nature are further revealed in a series of gripping events. Eleanor Mannikka

After spending much of the 1970s making a number of well-regarded documentaries, master filmmaker Shohei Imamura returned to the realm of fiction with Vengeance Is Mine, a horrific character study of a bland-looking serial killer that brims with jarring violence and almost feral sexuality. Based on a true story and told in flashbacks, the film uses an innovative plot structure that winds back and forth between the present, during a police interrogation, and the past, including a 78-day spree of theft, whore-mongering, and murder. Though the film is littered with striking, nearly hallucinogenic images, Imamura shoots the unfolding events in a documentary style, with his trademark unobtrusive, distanced camera work. As a result, the grisly double murder near the beginning of the film is disconcertingly brutal and Vengeance's numerous sex scenes seem all the more racy. Though Imamura never spells out the protagonist's motives, the viewer is presented with an unnervingly intimate portrait of sociopath Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata), who is utterly unbound by any rules, morals, and laws (including laws of gravity, in the film's surreal final twist). Enokizu kills and cheats just about everyone except the person he hates the most, his father Shizuo (Rentaro Mikuni), who willingly submits not only to conformist demands of Japanese society but also to the dogma of the Catholic church. Having made a career exploring the messy underside of human nature, Imamura brilliantly renders this complex, hateful father-and-son relationship with the subtlety and detail that only a master could. This film ultimately made Ken Ogata a star in Japan and garnered prestigious Kinema Jumpo best actor prizes for Rentaro Mikuni and Mayumi Ogawa. Savage, bawdy, and darkly funny, Vengeance Is Mine is a striking journey in the mind of a killer that will linger on in the viewer's consciousness long after the credits have rolled. Jonathan Crow

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Cast for Vengeance Is Mine

Ken Ogata - Iwao Enokizu
Rentaro Mikuni - Shizuo Enokizu
Chocho Mikayo - Kayo Enokizu
Mitsuko Baisho - Kazuko Enokizu
Mayumi Ogawa - Haru Asano
Nijiko Kiyokawa - Hisano Asano

Crew for Vengeance Is Mine

Shohei Imamura - Director
Shunsaku Ikehata - Screenwriter
Ryuzo Saki - Book Author
Shinsaku Himeda - Cinematographer
Shinichiro Ikebe - Composer (Music Score)
Keiichi Uraoka - Editor

Feature Details

Title: Vengeance Is Mine
Feature Release Date: 1979
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Color
Runtime: 129 Minutes
Chapters: 16
Picture: Pan & Scan
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CAV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: CC1134L
UPC: 020350012966
ISBN: 0931393736
Manufacturer: Pioneer Japan
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 5
Cover: Box Set
Spoken Language: Japanese
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1134L
Shipping Weight: 3 lbs
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Rare CAV Special Edition LaserDisc Boxset

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Box with some shelf-wear

Ken Ogata & Rentaro Mikun in...Shohei Imamura's...

Vengeance Is Mine

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1134L )
(1.33:1) (5 Sides) (CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Japanese Language with English Subtitles

Vengeance Is Mine
1979 - 129 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
A gut-wrenching, violent psychological crime drama from start to finish, this award-winning film by noted Japanese director Shohei Imamura is based on a true story. Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is a murderous sociopath who kills two money lenders in a gory opening scene. Then flashbacks are interspersed with Enokizu's flight across Japan as his miserable childhood and the development of his malevolent, anti-social behavior are portrayed. Vicious and sexually aggressive, Enokizu's rage simmers during an earlier stay in prison as he imagines his wife is bedding down his father. Once on the run from the police, his aberrant sexual life and violent nature are further revealed in a series of gripping events. Eleanor Mannikka

After spending much of the 1970s making a number of well-regarded documentaries, master filmmaker Shohei Imamura returned to the realm of fiction with Vengeance Is Mine, a horrific character study of a bland-looking serial killer that brims with jarring violence and almost feral sexuality. Based on a true story and told in flashbacks, the film uses an innovative plot structure that winds back and forth between the present, during a police interrogation, and the past, including a 78-day spree of theft, whore-mongering, and murder. Though the film is littered with striking, nearly hallucinogenic images, Imamura shoots the unfolding events in a documentary style, with his trademark unobtrusive, distanced camera work. As a result, the grisly double murder near the beginning of the film is disconcertingly brutal and Vengeance's numerous sex scenes seem all the more racy. Though Imamura never spells out the protagonist's motives, the viewer is presented with an unnervingly intimate portrait of sociopath Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata), who is utterly unbound by any rules, morals, and laws (including laws of gravity, in the film's surreal final twist). Enokizu kills and cheats just about everyone except the person he hates the most, his father Shizuo (Rentaro Mikuni), who willingly submits not only to conformist demands of Japanese society but also to the dogma of the Catholic church. Having made a career exploring the messy underside of human nature, Imamura brilliantly renders this complex, hateful father-and-son relationship with the subtlety and detail that only a master could. This film ultimately made Ken Ogata a star in Japan and garnered prestigious Kinema Jumpo best actor prizes for Rentaro Mikuni and Mayumi Ogawa. Savage, bawdy, and darkly funny, Vengeance Is Mine is a striking journey in the mind of a killer that will linger on in the viewer's consciousness long after the credits have rolled. Jonathan Crow

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Cast for Vengeance Is Mine

Ken Ogata - Iwao Enokizu
Rentaro Mikuni - Shizuo Enokizu
Chocho Mikayo - Kayo Enokizu
Mitsuko Baisho - Kazuko Enokizu
Mayumi Ogawa - Haru Asano
Nijiko Kiyokawa - Hisano Asano

Crew for Vengeance Is Mine

Shohei Imamura - Director
Shunsaku Ikehata - Screenwriter
Ryuzo Saki - Book Author
Shinsaku Himeda - Cinematographer
Shinichiro Ikebe - Composer (Music Score)
Keiichi Uraoka - Editor

Feature Details

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