# Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

> A fugitive murderer’s doomed romance becomes a bleak, darkly comic descent into the hidden violence of postwar Japan.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/27181

## Facts

- Runtime: 140 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Director: Shōhei Imamura
- Cast: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Mitsuko Baisho, Frankie Sakai, Kazuo Kitamura, Chōchō Miyako, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Rentaro Mikuni
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079182/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, grisly, tragic, serious movie night, japanese cinema marathon

## Synopsis

A chilling exploration of a man's descent into madness and the violence that ensues.

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