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"Fukushû suruwa wareniari / Vengeance is Mine [DVD-Titel]" [J 1979, Shohei Imamura]

Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) and his murderous rampage which sparked a 78-day nationwide manhunt, Shohei Imamura's disturbing gem Vengeance is Mine won every major award in Japan on the year of its release. Both seducing and repelling with its unusual story and grisly humour, Imamura uncovers a seedy underbelly of civilised Japanese society.

Unfolding through multiple flashbacks, Ogata delivers a career-defining performance as a day-labourer and smalltime con-artist who, after killing two of his co-workers, embarks on a psychopathic spree of rape and murder. Eluding the police and public, Japan's infamous "King of Criminals" passes himself off as a Kyoto University professor, only to become entangled with an innkeeper and her perverted mother. Five years in the making, Vengeance is Mine transcends the limitations of run-of-the-mill criminal studies by presenting a portrait of a killer imbued with a poignant, tragic banality.

Shohei Imamura established his own independent production company, Imamura Productions, to allow himself more freedom away from the major studios, to choose riskier subject matter, and explore greater stylistic experimentation without compromise. He started his career in film as an assistant to Yasujiro Ozu before earning a reputation as a key member of the Japanese New Wave with Pigs and Battleships (1961) and The Insect Woman (1963). In 1975, Imamura founded the Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film which counts Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) among its many graduates.

Filmed in 1979, and long overdue a release of any kind in the UK, Vengeance is Mine is one of the most critically acclaimed and influential Japanese films of the last thirty years. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Vengeance is Mine for the first time on home video in the UK.

S P E C I A L F E A T U R E S
- Newly restored transfer
- Full-length audio commentary (more details soon)
- Optional English subtitles
- Production stills gallery
- 16-page booklet with a new essay
- Plus more!
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Bei Play.com wird der 20. Juni 2005 als Termin angegeben.
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Play.com gibt jetzt den 18. Juli 2005 als Termin an.
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Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
--- Orson Welles

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Jetzt gibt Play.com den 19. September 2005 als Veröffentlichungstermin an.
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Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
--- Orson Welles

[helmi]

die dvd ist seit kurzem lieferbar, meine wurde am letzten freitag verschickt.

gruss

helmut

[FHM]

Und hier ist ein Review:
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=59008
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Gruß, Frank