Vengeance Is Mine

Cast

Ken Ogata
as Iwao Enokizu

Mayumi Ogawa
as Haru Asano

Rentaro Mikuni
as Shizuo Enokizu

Mitsuko Baisho
as Kazuko Enokizu

Nijiko Kiyokawa
as Hisano Asano

Chocho Miyako
as Kayo Enokizu

Moeko Ezawa

Toshie Negishi

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Audience Reviews for Vengeance Is Mine

• Jul 10, 2011

  Whereas in conventional moviemaking psychological flashbacks, backgrounds, a non-linear storytelling and almost forgotten memoirs would help the attentive viewer to gather the puzzle pieces together and build the final image/meaning, Imamura smartly places them leaving unanswered questions and unclear motives. He attempts to create a Melville-like urban environment, but instead of being a random collection of scenes, the most intelligent thing he did with the movie was placing a central idea: trascendence has absolutely no relation with the earthly life, and what may be judged with earthly principles here, may not be judged equally in the afterlife (interpret that with the Divine Law, Heaven or whatever otherwordly ideal suits you). That's why the bones get caught in the sky, gravityless. 99/100
  Edgar C Super Reviewer
• Oct 03, 2010

  A strange title "Vengeance Is Mine"when it should be "Anatomy of a Murderer" as thats what we get for two hours; 78 days in the murderous life of Iwao Enokizu, cut with parallel stories of his family and a few flashbacks to his youth. Shohei Imamura lays it on the line, there's no cop-out here of poor misunderstood killer, the man was a psychopath in the true sense of the word. .
  Lesley N Super Reviewer
• Sep 30, 2010

  It is based on a true story, but somehow it just didn't make any sense. It doesn't attempt to give any answers or insight into the killers motives and psyche, and maybe that's the intention of the director, I don't know. But in my opinion that doesn't make it a very good movie.
  Saskia D Super Reviewer
• Oct 22, 2009

  I was hooked all the way to the very end
  Brody M Super Reviewer

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